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Table 2 Right heart function and morphology in NETs

From: Prevalence, one-year-incidence and predictors of carcinoid heart disease

 

Baseline

Twelve-month follow-up

P-value

RVOT-VTI, cm (IQR)

15 (13–16)

14 (12–18)

0.937

TAPSE, mm ± SD

24 ± 4

25 ± 5

0.202

RV-Sʹ, cm/s (IQR)

13 (11–14)

13 (11–15)

0.500

MPEI (IQR)

0.45 (0.37–0.56)

0.42 (0.36–0.53)

0.959

Free wall RV strain, % ± SD

-27.3 ± 5.8, n = 30

-28.1 ± 7.2, n = 30

0.581

Global RV strain, % ± SD

-21.7 ± 4.9, n = 30

-22.5 ± 5.7, n = 30

0.478

RVD basal, mm ± SD

32 ± 7

34 ± 7

0.094

RVD mid, mm ± SD

25 ± 7

25 ± 7

0.872

RV apex-base, mm ± SD

73 ± 10

63 ± 11

0.020

RVOT1, mm ± SD

31 ± 4

30 ± 4

0.282

RVOT2, mm ± SD

23 ± 4

24 ± 4

0.392

RA area, cm2 (IQR)

13 (11–16)

14 (12–17)

0.112

  1. Continuous variables are shown as mean and standard deviation (SD) or median and interquartile ranges (IQR) depending on the skewness (uniform per variable)
  2. MPEI Myocardial performance index, NET Neuroendocrine tumour, RA area Right atrium area, RV Right ventricular, RV apex-base Right ventricle apex to base, RVD Right ventricular diameter, RVOT Right ventricular outflow tract, RVOT-VTI Right ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral, RV-Sʹ Systolic tricuspid annular velocity, TAPSE Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion