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Table 2 Right heart catheterization and echocardiographic data

From: Preoperative evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in lung transplant candidates: echocardiography versus right heart catheterization

 

RHC

Echocardiography

P value

Estimated EF, mean (%)

Not recorded

59.1 ± 5.3

 

RV dysfunction (%)

 

11.7

 

Measurable TR (%)

 

89.1

 

RA pressure, mean (mmHg)

5.1 ± 4.6

6.0 ± 3.2

0.89

PAP, mean (mmHg)

25.9 ± 11.5

Not recorded

 

PA sys, mean (mmHg)

42.5 ± 18.0

49.5 ± 20.0

 < 0.001

PCWP, mean (mmHg)

9.8 ± 6.1

Not recorded

 

PVR, mean (mmHg)

4.2 ± 3.5

  

CO, mean (L/min)

4.4 ± 1.4

  

CI, mean (L/min/m2)

2.5 ± 0.8

  
  1. CO, cardiac output; CI, Cardiac Index; EF, ejection fraction; PA, pulmonary artery; PAP, pulmonary arterial pressure; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; RA, right atrium; RHC, right heart catheterization; RV, right ventricle
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