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Table 4 Echocardiographic and pulmonary hemodynamics changes after LVAD

From: Impact of diastolic pulmonary gradient and pulmonary vascular remodeling on survival after left ventricular assist device implantation and heart transplantation

Variables

Pre-LVAD

Post-LVAD

P value

LV-EDV (ml)

241.4 (189.2–299.8)

174.75 (120.5–211.5)

 < 0.001

LV-ESV (ml)

191.8 (140–247.4)

128.6 (86.4–167.7)

 < 0.001

LA diameter (cm)

5.1 (4.5–5.4)

4.5 (4.3–5)

 < 0.001

sPAP (mmHg)

58 (47–68)

41 (34–48)

 < 0.001

dPAP (mmHg)

31 (25–36)

21 (18–26)

 < 0.001

mPAP (mmHg)

42 (33–46)

28 (24–34)

 < 0.001

PCWP (mmHg)

26 (21–31)

18 (15–21)

 < 0.001

DPG (mmHg)

4 (2–7)

3 (2–5)

0.097

TPG (mmHg)

13 (10–17)

10 (8–13)

 < 0.001

PVR (WU)

3.66 (2.94–4.78)

2.44 (1.87–3.13)

 < 0.001

  1. Data were presented as median with the 25th and 75th interquartiles
  2. LV-EDV left ventricular end diastolic volume, LV-ESV: left ventricular end systolic volume, LA left atrium, DPG diastolic pulmonary gradient, TPG transpulmonary gradient, sPAP systolic pulmonary artery pressure, dPAP diastolic pulmonary artery pressure, mPAP mean pulmonary artery pressure, PCWP pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, PVR pulmonary vascular resistance
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