Table 1 Echocardiographic parameters of heart transplant recipients investigated for prediction of LVEDP
From: Echocardiographic estimation of left ventricular filling pressures in heart transplant recipients
Number | Min | Max | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Correlation Coefficient | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (yrs) | 39 | 13 | 70 | 39.6 (12.9) | 39 (30–48) | 0.23** |
EF (%) | 39 | 30 | 69.1 | 47.2 (10.4) | 49.2 (37.7–54.4) | − 0.16** |
GLS (%) | 31 | 7.0 | 18.4 | 14.0 (3.1) | 14.9 (11.4–16.7) | − 0.22** |
LVEDP (mmHg) | 39 | 8 | 33 | 18.2 (5.9) | 18 (15–20) | – |
E velocity (m/s) | 39 | 0.39 | 1.1 | 0.7 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.5–0.8) | 0.26*** |
A velocity (m/s) | 34 | 0.34 | 0.98 | 0.55 (0.18) | 0.51 (0.37–0.71) | 0.17 |
E/A | 34 | 0.02 | 2.4 | 1.27 (0.48) | 1.12 (1.01–1.48) | − 0.06 |
DT (msec) | 37 | 56.0 | 284.0 | 170.1 (47.9) | 169 (140.1–201.0) | 0.10 |
S velocity (cm/s) | 32 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 (0.1) | 0.4 (0.3–0.4) | − 0.40*** |
D velocity (cm/s) | 32 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.5 (0.4–0.6) | − 0.27*** |
A reversal (cm/s) | 5 | 0.2 | 1.94 | 0.57 (0.77) | 0.22 (0.21–1.1) | 0.32 |
S/(S + D) | 32 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 (0.1) | 0.4 (0.4–0.5) | − 0.02 |
Septal e′ (cm/s) | 39 | 4.5 | 13.8 | 8.8 (3.43) | 8.3(6.0) | − 0.09 |
Septal a′(cm/s) | 38 | 3.0 | 12.4 | 6.9(2.2) | 6.5(5.2–7.4) | − 0.36*** |
Septal E/e′ | 39 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 10.0(4.0) | 9.1(7.0–14.0) | 0.22** |
Lateral e′(cm/s) | 38 | 6.3 | 19.0 | 11.4 (3.25) | 11.0 (9.6–13.0) | − 0.27** |
Lateral a′(cm/s) | 35 | 3.0 | 11.6 | 6.9 (2.39) | 6.6 (5.0–8.8) | 0.27** |
Lateral E/e′ | 33 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 6.0 (3.0) | 5.0 (4.0–8.0) | 0.64*** |
Average E/e′ | 37 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 (3.0) | 6.0(5.0–9.0) | 0.60*** |
LA area (cm2) | 39 | 10.8 | 29.9 | 18.7 (7.8) | 16.9 (14.6) | 0.17* |
LA volume (cm3) | 37 | 24.6 | 122.0 | 63.2 (21.9) | 62.0 (51.2–73.5) | 0.52*** |