Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of the patients
| Clincal and echocardiographic characteristics | Mean ± SD or N (%) or median (IQR) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 65.4 ± 10.2 |
| Sex, N (%) | |
| Male | 180 (71.7%) |
| Female | 72 (28.6%) |
| Body surface area (m2) | 1.94 |
| Hypertension, N (%) | 218 (86.5%) |
| Diabetes, N (%) | 53 (21.1%) |
| B-blockers, N (%) | 172 (68.3%) |
| Ace-inhibitors/Sartans, N (%) | 201 (79.8%) |
| History of myocardial infarction, N (%) | 118 (46.8%) |
| Previous PCI/CABG, N (%) | 109 (43.3%) |
| B-lines at rest, median (IQR) | 0.4 (0–30) |
| B-lines at rest (≥ 2), N (%) | 19 (7.5%) |
| B-lines at peak, median (IQR) | 0.7 (0–30) |
| B-lines at peak (≥ 2), N (%) | 29 (11.5%) |
| LAVI at rest (ml/m2) | 26.5 ± 12.5 |
| LAVI at rest ≥ 34 ml/m2, N (%) | 39 (15.5%) |
| LAVI at peak (ml/m2) | 24.2 ± 12.1 |
| LAVI at peak ≥ 34 ml/m2, N (%) | 33 (13.1%) |
| LASr at rest (%) | 33.0 ± 8.2 |
| LASr at rest ≤ 24%, N (%) | 37 (14.7%) |
| LASr at peak (%) | 38.0 ± 10.1 |
| LASr at peak ≤ 24%, N (%) | 23 (14.7%) |
| Ejection fraction at rest (%) | 59.3 ± 7.2 |
| Ejection fraction at peak (%) | 73.0 ± 7.8 |
PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft
CP: Writing—original draft. LC: Conceptualization, Data curation. E Campagnano and E Cerracchio: Investigation. KWD, JK, PC, EM, FM, NG, AD, LM, and RC: Investigation, Resources. BV: Investigation, Resources, Supervision. QC: Writing—original draft, Conceptualization, Supervision.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
The research complies with the Declaration of Helsinki and the study protocol were reviewed and approved by the institutional ethics committees.
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
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The raw data supporting the conclusions of this manuscript will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher (Quirino Ciampi, qciampi@gmail.com; Costantina Prota, costantinaprota@gmail.com).
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