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Table 1 Patient Data

From: Left ventricular strain and strain rate by 2D speckle tracking in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

 

Mean ± SD

Age

51 ± 17

 

Pre-PTE

Post-PTE

p value

Mean PA pressure (mmHg)

44 ± 15

29 ± 9

< 0.001

PVR (dyne-sec)/cm5

950 ± 550

31 ± 160

< 0.001

LVEDD (cm)

4.5 ± 0.7

4.6 ± 0.5

ns

LVESD (cm)

2.7 ± 0.6

2.7 ± 0.5

ns

LV Ejection Fraction (%)

67 ± 8

65 ± 8

ns

Fractional Shortening (%)

40 ± 8

40 ± 7

ns

Cardiac Output (L/min)

3.9 ± 1

5.0 ± 1

< 0.001

  1. LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter;
  2. PA: pulmonary artery; PTE: pulmonary thromboendarterectomy; PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance
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