Table 2 Comparison of reverse remodelling and changes in other echocardiographic and clinical parameters at three months after cardiac resynchronisation therapy between ischaemic and non-ischaemic patients
ParametersAll patients (n = 119)Ischaemic (n = 52)Non-ischaemic (n = 67)Ischaemic vs non-ischaemic
p Valuep Valuep Valuep Value
ΔLVEDV (cm3)−21 (31)<0.001−17 (27)<0.001−25 (33)<0.0010.169
ΔLVESV (cm3)−26 (30)<0.001−21 (26)<0.001−31 (33)<0.0010.082
ΔLV ejection fraction (%)7.4 (6.9)<0.0015.9 (6.0)<0.0018.6 (7.4)<0.0010.032
ΔSphericity index, end-diastole0.09 (0.23)<0.0010.06 (0.22)0.0600.11 (0.23)0.0010.288
ΔSphericity index, end-systole0.13 (0.29)<0.0010.10 (0.28)0.0180.16 (0.31)<0.0010.294
ΔMitral regurgitation (%)−10 (17)<0.001−8 (16)0.003−12 (17)<0.0010.219
ΔMPI−0.15 (0.26)<0.001−0.12 (0.29)0.016−0.16 (0.24)<0.0010.348
ΔLV filling time (ms)59 (147)<0.00138 (125)0.05776 (161)0.0010.204
ΔQuality of life score−9 (22)<0.001−7 (18)0.015−11 (24)<0.0010.267
Δ6-minute hall-walk distance (metres)32 (81)<0.00122 (93)0.14140 (70)<0.0010.256
ΔNYHA class, % of patients
    Improvement of two classes10812
    Improvement of one class63<0.00156<0.00167<0.0010.092
    No improvement243418
    Deterioration of one class323
  • Δ, changes between three-month follow-up and baseline; LV, left ventricular; LVEDV, left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVESV, left ventricular end-systolic volume; MPI: myocardial performance index; NYHA, New York Heart Association.