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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Soon after ultrafiltration (1976 (760) ml of fluid removed) the following was observed : a reduction in radiological score of extravascular lung water (from 15 (1) to 9 (1)) and of right (from 7. 1 (2. 3) to 2. 3 (1. 7) mm Hg) and left (from 17. 6 (8. 8) to 9. 5 (6. 4) mm Hg) ventricular filling pressures ; an increase in oxygen consumption at peak exercise (from 15. 8 (3. 3) to 17. 6 (2) ml/min/kg) and of tolerance time (from 444 (138) to 508 (134) s) ; a slight decrease in atrial and ventricular dimensions ; no changes in the systolic function of the left ventricle ; a reduction of the early to late filling ratio in both ventricles (mitral valve from 2 (2) to 1. 1 (1. 1)) ; (tricuspid valve from 1. 3 (1. 3) to 0. 69 (0. 18)) and an increase in the deceleration time of mitral and tricuspid flow, reflecting a redistribution of filling to late diastole.