Skip to main content
The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 7 The pre-BMV MVA effect on the post-BMV immediate LA GLS

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

Severe cases (n = 44)

(MVA less than 1.5 cm2)

More severe cases (n = 51)

(MVA less than 1.0 cm2)

p value

(Sig.)

Immediate left atrial global longitudinal strain

37.3 ± 4.7

35.0 ± 5.2

0.03**

  1. T-test was used
  2. **: P-value > 0.05: Non-significant; P-value < 0.05: Significant; P-value < 0.01: highly significant
Back to article page