Echocardiographic and aortic elasticity characteristics of the study population at baseline and at follow-up after surgery
| Baseline | First month | First year | P value* | P1† | P2† | P3† | |
| IVS (mm) | 12.31±1.35 | 12.04±1.21 | 11.94±1.02 | 0.890 | |||
| PW (mm) | 12.11±0.80 | 12.12±0.77 | 12.13±0.78 | 1.000 | |||
| LVEDD (mm) | 46.79±3.38 | 46.03±3.69 | 46.39±3.38 | 0.531 | |||
| LVESD (mm) | 29.62±3.12 | 29.45±3.13 | 28.73±2.92 | 0.424 | |||
| LA (mm) | 36.54±8.25 | 36.25±7.97 | 35.45±7.22 | 0.120 | |||
| EF (%) | 59.81±3.96 | 59.82±3.94 | 59.85±3.95 | 1.000 | |||
| E (m/sn) | 72.73±8.63 | 72.67±8.13 | 72.32±8.09 | 0.399 | |||
| A (m/sn) | 61.00±6.26 | 61.39±5.83 | 61.75±5.35 | 0.120 | |||
| E/A | 1.20±0.17 | 1.17±0.16 | 1.16±0.16 | 0.257 | |||
| Sm (cm/s) | 12.75±1.81 | 12.56±1.79 | 12.66±1.50 | 0.323 | |||
| Em (cm/s) | 11.18±1.54 | 11.13±1.30 | 11.43±1.26 | 0.131 | |||
| Am (cm/s) | 9.55±1.20 | 9.58±1.02 | 9.49±1.11 | 0.151 | |||
| E/Em | 6.81±1.31 | 6.74±1.22 | 6.49±1.00 | 0.139 | |||
| Aortic strain (%) | 16.28±4.11 | 16.68±4.56 | 22.74±5.79 | <0.001 | 0.998 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Aortic distensibility (cm2/dyn) | 6.74±1.78 | 7.03±2.31 | 10.34±3.05 | <0.001 | 0.997 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Aortic Stiffness Index | 10.73±3.84 | 10.63±3.34 | 7.56±2.19 | <0.001 | 0.998 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Results are shown as mean±SD. P1=baseline vs 1st month; P2=1st month vs 12th month; P3=baseline vs 12th month.
Statistically significant p values are shown in bold.
*Friedman’s test.
†Dunn’s post hoc multicomparison test result.
A, late; Am, late diastolic myocardial peak velocity; E, early; E/Em ratio, ratio between the E transmitral flow velocity and mean of the lateral and septal walls Em velocity; EF, ejection fraction; Em, early diastolic myocardial peak velocity; IVS, interventricular septum; LA, left atrium; LVEDD, left ventricle end-diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricle end-systolic diameter; PW, posterior wall; Sm, peak systolic velocity.