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Table 7 Correlation between tricuspid valve Doppler and tissue Doppler parameters and invasively measured central venous pressure

From: Correlation between echocardiographic estimation of right atrial pressure and invasive measurement of central venous pressure in postoperative pediatric patients with congenital heart disease: a prospective observational study

Linear regression

Continuous variables

R (Pearson correlation coefficient)

R square

P value

Tricuspid valve E wave velocity

0.047

0.002

0.766

Tricuspid valve E wave velocity time integral

0.058

0.003

0.720

Tricuspid valve E wave acceleration time

0.007

0.000

0.965

Tricuspid valve E wave acceleration rate

0.080

0.006

0.621

Tricuspid valve E wave deceleration time

− 0.023

0.001

0.884

Tricuspid valve E wave deceleration rate

0.029

0.001

0.856

Tricuspid valve E wave duration

− 0.041

0.002

0.797

Tricuspid valve A wave velocity

0.226

0.051

0.150

Tricuspid valve A wave velocity time integral

0.093

0.009

0.562

Tricuspid valve A wave acceleration time

− 0.097

0.009

0.545

Tricuspid valve A wave acceleration rate (TVAAR)

0.315

0.099

0.048

Regression equation = 9.9 + 0.001 × TVAAR

Tricuspid valve A wave deceleration time

− 0.156

0.024

0.324

Tricuspid valve A wave deceleration rate

0.264

0.07

0.09

Tricuspid valve A wave duration

− 0.221

0.159

0.159

Tricuspid valve e′ wave velocity

0.107

0.011

0.507

Tricuspid valve a′ wave velocity

− 0.055

0.005

0.734

Tricuspid valve isovolumic relaxation time

0.105

0.011

0.503

E/e

0.018

0.000

0.913