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Table 3 PVR cut-off for different targets

From: Myocardial contractility in the stress echo lab: from pathophysiological toy to clinical tool

Author, year

Stress

PVR cutoff (mmHg/mL/m2)

Clinical target

Bombardini et al., JASE 2003 [6]

EX

<4.7

Patients vs normal

Agricola et al., Am J Cardiol 2005 [18]

EX

< 2.1

Pulmonary hypertension in MR

Bombardini et al., Int J Cardiol 2008 [15]

EX

< 2.2

Prognosis in negative stress

Agricola et al., Int J Cardiol 2008 [23]

EX

< 0.4

Prognosis in MR in DCM/DC

Jellis et al., Circ Cl 2010 [28]

EX

≤ 12

Subclinical heart disease in diabetic type 2

Grosu et al., Eur Heart J 2005 [7]

DOB

< 0.2

Prognosis in DCM/DC

Otasevic et al., Heart 2006 [20]

DOB

< 0.4

Prognosis in DCM

Ciampi et al., JASE 2010 [22]

DOB

> 1.4

Exercise tolerance in CHF

Ciampi et al., Am Heart J 2010 [24]

DOB

> 0.7

CRT responders

Otasevic et al., Eur J Heart Fail 2005 [21]

DIP

< 0.6

Prognosis in DCM

Bombardini et al., JASE 2011 [17]

DIP

≤ 0

Subclinical heart disease in heart donors

Bombardini et al., Eur J Heart Fail 2005 [8]

PM

< 2.5

Patients vs normal

  1. CHF = Chronic heart failure; CRT = Cardiac resynchronization therapy; DC = Dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy; DCM = Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; DIP = Dipyridamole; DOB = Dobutamine; EX = Exercise; MR = Mitral regurgitation; PM = Pace-maker; PVR = Pressure-volume relation.