Fig. 1
From: Prognostic effect of increased left ventricular wall thickness in severe aortic stenosis
Mortality in severe AS. During a mean follow-up of 48.7 ± 39.0 months, a total of 43 patients died, 28 from cardiovascular causes. The all-cause death rate of the patients with normal LVWT was similar between the AVR and non-AVR groups (P = .926, a). However, the all-cause death rate in patients with increased LVWT was significantly lower in the AVR group (n = 11) than in the non-AVR group (n = 24) (P < .001, a). There were three cardiovascular deaths in the non-AVR group and 0 in the AVR group in patients with normal LVWT (b). The cardiovascular death rate in patients with increased LVWT was significantly lower in the AVR group (n = 6) than in the non-AVR group (n = 19) (P < .001, b). LVWT, left ventricular wall thickness