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Table 5 Changes in electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and CMR parameters in patients undergoing transplant

From: Myocardial structural and functional changes in patients with liver cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation: a comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance and echocardiographic study

 

Pre-transplant

1 year post-transplant

P value

Echocardiography

 LVEF (%)

65.8 ± 5.0

62.5 ± 4.9

0.035

 LV EDD (mm)

49.5 ± 4.7

46.0 ± 5.1

0.003

 LV ESD (mm)

28.7 ± 3.9

27.9 ± 4.0

0.465

 GLS (%)

−24.9 ± 2.4

−20.6 ± 3.4

< 0.001

 GCS (%)

−28.4 ± 3.6

−24.6 ± 4.2

0.011

 E/A ratio

1.18 ± 0.51

0.85 ± 0.27

0.002

 E/e’ ratio

11.0 ± 0.23

8.9 ± 2.9

0.030

CMR

 LV EDV (mL)_

167 ± 48

130 ± 30

0.001

 LV ESV (mL)

57 ± 22

48 ± 17

0.102

 LVEF (%)

66.8 ± 6.8

65.1 ± 6.5

0.382

 LV mass index (g/m2)

65.2 ± 9.3

59.5 ± 8.2

0.001

 LV mass/LV-EDV ratio

0.7 ± 0.3

0.8 ± 0.1

0.028

 Native T1 (msec)

1206 ± 72

1173 ± 73

0.121

 ECV (%)

30.9 ± 4.5

25.4 ± 2.6

< 0.001

Electrocardiogram

 QTc interval (msec)

475 ± 41

429 ± 30

0.001

  1. Abbreviations as in Tables 2 and 3