Research Article
Association between Comorbidities and Progression of Transvalvular Pressure Gradients in Patients with Moderate and Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis
Table 1
Characteristics of the cohort at baseline.
| | | Total cohort |
| | Number | 402 | | Male gender (n (%)) | 233 (58) | | Age (years) | 74.1 ± 9.8 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 28.1 ± 5.0 | | History of smoking (%) | 36.3 | | Diabetes (%) | 35.8 | | Coronary heart disease (%) | 43.8 | | Myocardial infarction (%) | 22.0 | | Hypertension (%) | 87.1 | | Renal dysfunction (%) | 53.3 | | Peripheral artery occlusive disease (%) | 23.1 | | Cerebrovascular disease (%) | 14.7 | | Echo LVEF (%) | 53.8 ± 11.5 | | Echo Pmean (mmHg) | 25.01 ± 14.48 |
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BMI, body mass index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; Pmean, mean transaortic pressure gradient.
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