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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After 6 months of therapy, we observed the following : (1) the mean end-diastolic index was significantly higher in group A than in group B (70. 27 and 57. 13 mL/m2, respectively) (p < 0. 05) ; (2) the mean acceleration index, indicator of heart contractility, and the mean cardiac index rate, indicators of cardiac performance, were significantly higher in group A than in group B (mean, 1. 35 vs. 0. 76 s [p < 0. 01] and mean, 3. 22 vs. 2. 34 L/min/m2 [p < 0. 05], respectively) ; and (3) the patients treated with ERT showed systemic vascular resistance index values significantly lower than the controls (mean, 2280 vs. 3150 fOhm/m2 [p < 0. 01]), achieving standard levels after 6 months of therapy.