Geert Kleinnibbelink

Chapter 3 76 Table 2. (Continued) Right heart Pre Post p-value Left heart Pre Post p-value Function RV free wall strain (%) -28.3±2.3 -27.7±2.1 0.50 Function LV longitudinal peak strain (%) -20.8±1.2 -20.3±0.9 0.13 RVFAC (%) 47.2±4.5 51.1±3.9 0.03 LVEF (%) 59±3 60±3 0.36 TAPSE (mm) 27.5±2.1 26.7±2.5 0.32 TDI s’ (cm/s) 10.3±1.8 10.9±1.6 0.07 TDI s’ (cm/s) 15.2±1.8 15.1±1.3 0.88 TDI e’ (cm/s) 18.0±2.3 17.7±1.7 0.62 TDI e’ (cm/s) 17.5±1.9 16.5±2.3 0.17 TDI a’ (cm/s) 8.8±1.8 9.2±1.2 0.16 TDI a’ (cm/s) 13.7±2.2 13.7±2.6 0.99 E (m/s) 1.02±0.12 1.01±0.15 0.34 Strain-area loop Uncoupling (%) 2.3±0.9 1.2±1.0 0.02 A (m/s) 0.57±0.11 0.51±0.13 0.002 Uncoupling ED (%) 2.3±1.1 1.1±1.1 0.02 E/A ratio 1.82±0.28 2.13±0.47 0.005 Uncoupling LD (%) 2.2±0.8 1.4±0.9 0.04 Strain-volume loop E/e’ ratio 5.8±0.8 5.8±1.0 0.96 Sslope (%/cm 2 ) 2.5±0.3 2.0±0.3 <0.001 Uncoupling (%) -0.8±1.1 -0.8±1.0 0.99 ESslope (%/cm 2 ) 2.3±0.6 1.6±0.4 0.009 Uncoupling ED (%) -1.0±1.2 -1.0±1.2 0.93 EDslope (%/cm 2 ) 1.4±0.6 1.7±0.7 0.12 Uncoupling LD (%) -0.5±0.8 -0.6±0.9 0.87 LDslope (%/cm 2 ) 3.4±0.9 2.0±0.5 <0.001 Sslope (%/cm 2 ) 0.4±0.1 0.4±0.1 0.78 RV global longitudinal strain (%) -24.4±2.4 -23.2±.4 0.18 ESslope (%/cm 2 ) 0.3±0.1 0.3±0.1 0.47 EDslope (%/cm2) 0.5±0.1 0.6±0.1 0.45 LDslope (%/cm2) 0.2±0.2 0.2±0.1 0.55 LV longitudinal strain A4C (%) -20.0±1.7 -19.2±1.6 0.18 Data are expressed as means±SD. RVEDA, RV end-diastolic area. RVESA, RV end-systolic area. RVOT, RV outflow tract. PLAX, parasternal long axis. RVFAC, RV fractional area change. TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. TDI, tissue doppler imaging. Uncoupling ED, Uncoupling early diastole. Uncoupling LD, Uncoupling late diastole. LVEDV, LV end-diastolic volume. LVESV, LV end-systolic volume. RWT, relative wall thickness. IVSd, septal wall thickness. PWd, posterior wall thickness. LVIDd, LV internal diameter in diastole. LVEF, LV ejection fraction.