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Table 2 Echocardiographic findings before and after PMC in the overall study population (n = 40), and according to procedural success

From: Assessment of successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy by MRproANP and sCD146

 

Whole population (N = 40)

Successful PMC (n = 30)

Unsuccessful PMC (n = 10)

Pre-PMC

Post-PMC

pvalue

Pre-PMC

Post-PMC

pvalue

Pre-PMC

Post-PMC

pvalue

Mitral gradient, mmHg

9.0 ± 3.5

5.1 ± 1.6

<  0.0001

9.3 ± 3.5

4.8 ± 1.5

< 0.0001

8.7 ± 3.6

6.1 ± 1.6

0.06

Mitral valve area, cm2

1.1 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.3

<  0.0001

1.1 ± 0.2

1.8 ± 0.3

<  0.0001

1.1 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.1

0.06

LVEF, %

63 ± 7.9

62 ± 14.7

0.8

64 ± 8.1

66 ± 11.2

0.43

64 ± 7.3

53 ± 18.2

0.09

sPAP, mmHg

44 ± 14

36 ± 8

0.0003

46 ± 15

36 ± 9

0.003

42 ± 7

34 ± 6

0.01

  1. PMC percutaneous mitral commissurotomy, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, sPAP systolic pulmonary artery pressure
  2. P-values are for the comparison before vs after by paired Student t test