Echocardiographic data for the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and surgical aortic valve replacement (sAVR) group before and after the procedure
| Parameter | TAVI | p Value | sAVR | p Value | ||
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |||
| AoV peak gradient (mm Hg) | 83.1±26.2 | 19.0±6.6 | <0.0001 | 97.9±26.6 | 26.3±8.8 | <0.0001 |
| 78.6 (60.8–92.0) | 18.6 (14.4–22.3) | 89.2 (80.5–113.8) | 23.1 (18.8–36.1) | |||
| AoV mean gradient (mm Hg) | 54.5±18.4 | 10.8±3.9 | <0.0001 | 65.2±18.9 | 15.0±4.8 | <0.0001 |
| 50.3 (40.5–63.6) | 10.0 (8.4–12.6) | 60.0 (55.2–75.8) | 13.4 (12.0–18.7) | |||
| AVA (cm2) | 0.61±0.20 | 1.60±0.34 | <0.0001 | 0.73±0.24 | 1.60±0.44 | 0.006 |
| 0.64 (0.47–0.75) | 1.60 (1.37–1.79) | 0.65 (0.49–0.73) | 1.27 (0.92–1.9) | |||
| LV EDD (mm) | 38.2±6.0 | 39.6±7.1 | 0.76 | 45.9±6.1 | 43.8±4.1 | 0.15 |
| 38.1 (33.7–41.9) | 37.5 (34.7–41.6) | 48.0 (40.5–50.0) | 44.0 (41.0–47.0) | |||
| IVSd (mm) | 15.4±2.8 | 14.7±2.9 | 0.23 | 14.9±1.7 | 14.3±2.2 | 0.09 |
| 15.5 (13.6–17.2) | 14.3 (13.0–17.0) | 15.0 (14.0–16.0) | 14.0 (13.0–15.0) | |||
| LV EF (%) | 56.7±17.3 | 57.5±15.8 | 0.59 | 67.7±7.7 | 68.2±7.3 | 0.84 |
| 58.6 (44.9–68.5) | 59.4 (50.0–69.4) | 69.4 (63.2–73.3) | 69.1 (61.5–72.5) | |||
| RV EDD (mm) | 37.7±6.2 | 39.2±9.9 | 0.29 | 39.3±4.7 | 41.7±4.1 | 0.048 |
| 38.1 (31.0–43.6) | 38.5 (29.8–44.7) | 38.2 (35.7–42.4) | 40.3 (37.9–43.1) | |||
| RV EDA (mm) | 17.0±4.9 | 17.4±5.1 | 0.6 | 16.3±3.4 | 17.2±4.3 | 0.31 |
| 17.6 (13.2–22.5) | 18.2 (13.7–21.7) | 17.1 (14.1–20.2) | 17.6 (14.9–20.4) | |||
| RV FAC (%) | 41.6±13.9 | 41.0±12.2 | 0.76 | 47.0±7.0 | 39.8±10.7 | 0.019 |
| 40.8 (32.6–49.4) | 41.4 (34.6–47.2) | 46.4 (39.6–49.275) | 37.4 (31.5–46.4) | |||
| RV-LS (%) | 21.3±5.8 | 23.7±7.7 | 0.1 | 25.2±6.1 | 20.0±7.0 | 0.009 |
| 20.6 (18.0–24.6) | 23.7 (19.9–26.1) | 31.6 (21.9–31.6) | 21.6 (15.8–24.9) | |||
| TASPE (mm) | 15.9±4.7 | 16.6±4.7 | 0.2 | 24.1±5.0 | 15.9±4.1 | <0.0001 |
| 16.8 (13.2–19.9) | 17.8 (13.3–20.5) | 23.0 (20.7–28.0) | 17.0 (12.7–19.4) | |||
| RVSP (mm Hg) | 47.2±11.9 | 42.1±10.0 | 0.009 | 40.7±9.2 | 32.0±7.6 | 0.06 |
| 44.6 (38.8–54.9) | 48.5 (37.8–55.4) | 41.6 (36.4–44.7) | 34.9 (34.6–41.3) | |||
Data, if appropriate, are presented as mean ± SD and median and IQR. Significant values are printed in bold.
AoV, aortic valve; AVA, aortic valve area; EDA, end diastolic area; EDD, end diastolic diameter; EF, ejection fraction; FAC, fractional area change; IVSd, interventricular septum diastolic thickness; LS, absolute value of 2D peak longitudinal strain; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle; RVSP, RV systolic pressure by echocardiography; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion.