Left ventricular remodeling and hypertrophy in patients with aortic stenosis: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Table 3 Comparison of the remodeling and hypertrophic response in aortic stenosis patients with and without concomitant hypertension

	Hypertension	No Hypertension	P value
Number	37	54	-
Male Sex %	23 (62%)	34 (62%)	1.00
Age (years)	70 ± 13	55 ± 21	<0.01*
Aortic Valve Area (cm²)	1.00 ± 0.33	0.88 ± 0.31	0.09
Indexed LVEDV (ml/m²)	76 ± 24	78 ± 29	0.74
LV mass index (g/m²)	102 ± 28	93 ± 25	0.08
M/V (g/ml)	1.41 ± 0.37	1.27 ± 0.38	0.10
Maximal wall thickness (mm)	16 ± 3	14 ± 3	<0.01*
Asymmetric Wall Thickening n (%)	16 (43%)	9 (17%)	0.01*
Pattern of Remodeling/Hypertrophy
Normal n (%)	1 (3%)	10 (19%)	0.02*
Remodeling n (%)	9 (24%)	13 (24%)	1.00
Concentric n (%)	2 (5%)	9 (17%)	0.19
Asymmetric n (%)	7 (19%)	4 (7%)	0.11
Hypertrophy n (%)	22 (59%)	26 (48%)	0.39
Concentric Hypertrophy n (%)	13 (35%)	21 (39%)	0.83
Asymmetric Hypertrophy n (%)	9 (24%)	5 (9%)	0.07
LV Decompensation n (%)	5 (14)	5 (9%)	0.73

Categorical variables expressed as n (%) and compared using Fisher’s exact test. Continuous variables expressed as the mean ± SD and compared using the Student’s unpaired t-test. *P < 0.05.

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