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The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 5 Left atrial global longitudinal strain follow-up before and after BMW

From: Immediate, short-term, and long-term effects of balloon mitral valvuloplasty on the left atrial global longitudinal strain and its correlation to the outcomes in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis

Variable

LA GLS

Pre BMV

Immediate

After 6 months

After 12 months

p value (Sig.)

Mean (%)

23.1c

36.0 b

36.2 b

40.1a

 < 0.01**

SD (%)

4.2

4.9

4.5

9.5

 < 0.01**

  1. a,b,cMeans with different superscript letters are significantly different
  2. Repeated measures ANOVA test to compare LA GLS revealed; p < 0.01(significant)
  3. BMV: mitral balloon valvuloplasty, SD: standard deviation
  4. **: P-value > 0.05: Non-significant; P-value < 0.05: Significant; P-value < 0.01: highly significant
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