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Table 1 Comparison between patients with (Group I) and without (Group II) spontaneous echo contrast

From: Predictive factors of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in patients with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis: a retrospective study of 159 patients

 

Group I

Group II

P-value

 

n = 55

n = 104

 

Age (years)

42.02 ± 10.57

40.26 ± 12.97

0.389

Gender

7 male

19 male

0.37

48 female

85 female

Duration of symptoms (months)

57.56 ± 9.71

56.27 ± 9.20

0.4

AF 1

33 (60%)

33 (31.7%)

0.001

MVA 2 (cm 2 )

0.91 ± 0.23

1 ± 0.22 cm2

0.025

MDG 3 (mmHg)

13.91 ± 5.43

11.77 ± 3.61

0.003

LVEF 4 (%)

65.22 ± 5.63

64.88 ± 5.49

0.7

LAD 5 (mm)

51.40 ± 7.74

48.39 ± 7.9

0.023

LA 6 (cm 2 )

33.09 ± 6.39

30.83 ± 7.08

0.027

  1. 1Atrial fibrillation; 2Mitral valve area; 3Mitral diastolic gradient; 4Left ventricular ejection fraction; 5Left atrial diameter; 6Left atrial area.
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