Table 1

General characteristics and echocardiographic parameters of the study population classifying patients based on the presence of any-length MAD by CMR

All (n=131)MAD+ (n=55)MAD– (n=76)P value
Men, n (%)96 (73.3%)40 (72.7%)56 (73.7%)0.903
Age, years57±1456±1459±140.292
BMI, kg/m2 23.9±3.123.8±2.924.1±3.20.546
Barlow’s disease, n (%)87 (66.4%)43 (78.2%)44 (57.9 %)0.015
Curling, n (%)51 (38.9%)31 (56.4%)20 (26.3%)<0.001
LVEDVi, mL/m2 80.9±17.782.0±17.380.2±18.00.549
LVESVi, mL/m2 29.7±9.229.8±8.329.6±9.90.897
LVEF, %63.7±5.963.8±5.863.6±6.10.884
LAVi, mL/m2 55.2±19.351.9±16.357.6±20.90.095
MR grade, n (%)0.488
Grade 316 (12.2%)8 (14.5%)8 (10.5%)
Grade 4115 (87.8%)47 (85.5%)68 (89.5%)
PASP, mm Hg35±935±934±90.395
  • BMI, body mass index; CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; LAVi, left atrial volume index; LVEDVi, left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESVi, left ventricular end-systolic volume index; MAD, mitral annular disjunction; MR, mitral regurgitation; PASP, pulmonary artery systolic pressure.