Table 2.
Patient characteristics
| No. | Sex | Age | BMI | Cr (mg/dL) | Heart failure | IVC diameter (mm) | Underlying disease | BNP (pg/mL) | EF (%) | Pericyte detachment score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 90 | 21.2 | 5.27 | + | 24.3 | HT, DM, CI | 3925.1 | 45.0 | 2+ |
| 2 | F | 89 | 23.6 | 10.9 | - | 17.7 | CRF | 206.0 | 60.5 | - |
| 3 | M | 74 | 16.8 | 7.04 | - | 7.8 | DM | 154.2 | NA | - |
| 4 | M | 81 | 21.0 | 6.83 | - | 17.2 | DM | NA | NA | - |
| 5 | F | 81 | 21.7 | 5.80 | + | 23.6 | DM, CRF | 1824.8 | 58.8 | +/- |
| 6 | M | 92 | 23.7 | 3.80 | + | 28.4 | IHD, PMI, AAA | 1340.1 | 26.1 | - |
| 7 | F | 83 | 18.2 | 5.35 | + | 23.3 | AAV, ICH | 2015.8 | 37.5 | + |
| 8 | M | 76 | 18.0 | 4.85 | - | 9.2 | CCE | 132.0 | 58.9 | - |
BMI body mass index; Cr creatinine; IVC inferior vena cava; BNP brain natriuretic peptide; EF ejection fraction; M male; F female; HT hypertension; DM diabetes mellitus; CI cerebral infarction; CRF chronic renal failure; IHD ischemic heart disease; PMI pacemaker implantation; AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm; AAV antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis; ICH intracerebral hemorrhage; CCE cholesterol crystal embolization; NA not available