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
Males
(n = 24)
Females
(n = 71)
p value
(Sig.)
Immediate left atrial global longitudinal strain
35.9 ± 4.8
36.1 ± 4.9
0.86NS