| Parameters |
Baseline (n=10) |
Post-PTMC (n=10) |
| LVEF (%) |
58 ± 3 |
58 ± 4 |
| KCCQ OS score |
54 ± 10 |
84 ± 7** |
| Mitral valve area (cm2) |
0.9 (0.6,1.0) |
1.7 (1.4,2.0)* |
| Left Atrial pressure (mm of Hg) |
29 ± 6 |
14 ± 3** |
| Pulmonary artery pressure (mm of Hg) |
64 ± 21 |
42 ± 20** |
| Plasma BNP (pg/ml) |
44 (15,117) |
42 (19,86) |
| Plasma apelin (pg/ml) |
320 (167,515) |
330 (192,465) |
*p<0.05 vs. baseline value; **p<0.01 vs. baseline value. All values are expressed
as mean ± S.D. except mitral valve area, plasma apelin and BNP expressed as
median (25th, 75th percentile).
LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction, KCCQ OS: Kansas City Cardiomyopathy
Questionnaire overall summary, PTMC: Percutaneous transvenous mitral
commissurotomy. |
