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Table 5 Echocardiographic data in responder and non-responder

From: Echocardiographic characteristics of patients with acute heart failure requiring tolvaptan: a retrospective study

 

Responder

Non-responder

p value

Number

13

13

 

2 dimensional echocardiography

LVEF (%)

42.5 ± 19.0

49.1 ± 16.3

0.37

LVDd (mm)

52.4 ± 10.4

55.2 ± 9.9

0.40

LVDs (mm)

41.3 ± 12.3

41.5 ± 12.0

0.94

LVEDVi

86.5 ± 40.2

100.6 ± 38.6

0.26

SWT (mm)

9.3 ± 2.8

10.2 ± 2.1

0.28

PWT (mm)

10.0 ± 2.5

10.1 ± 1.5

0.75

LAD (mm)

53.4 ± 10.7

53.3 ± 9.5

0.98

LA volume index (ml/m2)

111.9 ± 115.9

84.4 ± 57.1

0.50

Maximum IVC diameter (mm)

21.8 ± 9.1

19.6 ± 4.1

0.43

IVC collapsibility index

0.34 ± 0.15

0.4 ± 0.2

0.80

Doppler echocardiography

Valvular regurgitation

AR severity grade

0.5 ± 1.1

0.8 ± 1.1

0.59

AR jet vena contracta (mm)

1.1 ± 2.1

1.8 ± 2.6

0.40

MR severity grade

1.7 ± 0.8

1.8 ± 0.9

0.82

MR jet vena contracta (mm)

4.0 ± 2.2

4.8 ± 2.9

0.48

TR severity grade

1.2 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.8

0.80

TR jet vena contracta (mm)

6.6 ± 6.6

5.1 ± 3.5

0.48

TR pressure gradient (mmHg)

38.6 ± 15.0

42.7 ± 11.0

0.44

  1. Abbreviations are defined in Table 2