Echocardiographic data
| Baseline | Exercise | ∆ | ||||
| CoA | Controls | CoA | Controls | CoA | Controls | |
| M-mode variables | ||||||
| LVM (g) | 106.5±34.3 | 105.9±44.5 | ||||
| LVMI (g/ m2) | 73.8±192 | 76.4±27.3 | ||||
| IVSd (mm) | 9.1±2.1 | 8.9±1.8 | ||||
| LVEDD (mm) | 39.0±7.9 | 37.8±7.2 | ||||
| PWd (mm) | 8.9±2.4 | 9.3±2,0 | ||||
| IVSs (mm) | 11.7±1.7 | 11.1±2.1 | ||||
| LVESD (mm) | 23.1±5.8 | 23.8±6.4 | ||||
| PWs (mm) | 12.0±3.01 | 12.3±3.3 | ||||
| Diastolic variables | ||||||
| E (cm/s) | 124.2±28.2* | 103.1±15.1* | 119.8±20.7* | 100.9±13.6* | −4.4±14.3 | −3.3±19.6 |
| A (cm/s) | 69.7±42.3* | 44.9±11.1* | 84.0±34.4* | 54.4±16.9* | 14.3±24.2 | 14.4±16.5 |
| E/A | 2.2±0.90 | 2.45±0.8 | 1.6±0.5 | 2.1±1.0 | −0.6±0.9 | −0.6±1.4 |
| E’ (cm/s) | 9.8±1.7* | 12.5±1.4* | 9.4±1.6* | 11.5±2.0* | −0.4±1.0 | −1.1±1.7 |
| A’ (cm/s) | 2.6±1.2* | 4.1±1.2* | 3.5±1.3 | 4.3±1.7 | 0.9±1.0 | 0.2±1.9 |
| E/E’ | 13.1±4.1 | 8.4±1.6 | 13.2±3.3* | 8.8±2.2* | −0.0±2.4 | 0.6±1.9 |
| Systolic variables | ||||||
| S (cm/s) | 5.1±1.5* | 6.5±1.1* | 4.8±0.9* | 6.5±1.4* | −0.2±0.9 | 0.0±1.0 |
| SV (mL) | 67.5±38.4 | 60.4±14.9 | 67.9±37.0 | 53.9±15.9 | 0.4±11.4 | −7.0±9.6 |
| SVI (mL/m2) | 45.1±17.7 | 44.4±12.0 | 45.8±17.6 | 40.8±11.7 | 0.6±7.6* | −5.2±7.2* |
| EF (%) | 60.8±23.6 | 56.9±18.8 | 59.5±23.9 | 52.9±12.2 | −1.1±14.8 | −6.8±15.2 |
| CO (l) | 5.1±3.3 | 4.3±1.1 | 6.1±3.3 | 5.0±1.5 | 0.9±0.9 | 0.7±1.0 |
| CI (l/m2) | 3.4±1.6 | 3.2±0.9 | 4.1±1.8 | 3.8±1.3 | 0.7±0.6 | 0.6±0.8 |
| PWV (m/s) | 2.9±0.3 | 3.2±0.5 | 3.4±0.7 | 3.7±0.5 | 0.4±0.5 | 0.3±0.4 |
| PP (mm Hg) | 49.6±2.6 | 50.0±1.9 | 52.6±3.5 | 52.7±2.1 | 3.0±1.9 | 2.7±1.3 |
| SV/PP (mL/mm Hg) | 1.4±0.2 | 1.2±0.1 | 1.3±0.1 | 1.0±0.1 | −0.1±0.1 | −0.2±0.1 |
Data are expressed as mean (±SD). It was verified whether the difference between CoA and controls was significant (*p<0.05).
CI, Cardiac Index; CO, Cardiac Output; CoA, coarctation of the aorta; EF, Ejection Fraction; IVSd, Interventricular Septum diastolic; IVSs, Interventricular Septum systolic; LVEDD, Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Diameter; LVM, Left Ventricular Mass; LVMI, Left Ventricular Mass Index; PP, Pulse Pressure; PWd, Posterio Wall diastolic; PWs, Poster Wall systolic; PWV, Pressure Wave Velocity; SV, Stroke Volume; SVI, Stroke Volume Index; SV/PP, Stoke Volume/Pulse Pressure.