Table 3. Echocardiography results.
Parameters | Control (n=52) | PH (n=94) | All (n=146) | P |
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Ascending aorta, mm | 27.75±4.15 | 31.67±7.67 | 30.29±6.89 | <0.001 |
LA, mm | 28.86±4.13 | 39.38±8.80 | 35.68±9.02 | <0.001 |
LVEDd, mm | 41.80±5.40 | 44.89±9.91 | 43.81±8.70 | 0.04 |
LVESd, mm | 27.50±3.74 | 32.14±10.12 | 30.53±8.73 | 0.002 |
Ventricular septum, mm | 9.39±1.69 | 11.22±2.51 | 10.59±2.42 | <0.001 |
LV posterior wall thickness, mm | 9.00±1.21 | 10.88±2.47 | 10.23±2.30 | <0.001 |
RVOT, mm | 25.62±3.56 | 29.51±4.73 | 28.14±4.72 | <0.001 |
Pulmonary artery diameter, mm | 19.89±3.02 | 24.68±4.60 | 23.06±4.71 | <0.001 |
RA transverse diameter, mm | 32.29±3.45 | 45.68±8.08 | 41.06±9.35 | <0.001 |
RV transverse diameter, mm | 31.29±3.84 | 40.96±7.02 | 37.62±7.65 | <0.001 |
RV/LV end-diastolic diameter | 0.77±0.15 | 0.96±0.27 | 0.89±0.26 | <0.001 |
EF, % | 64.47±8.23 | 55.52±12.03 | 58.67±11.63 | <0.001 |
E, cm/s | 57.04±18.85 | 59.52±23.39 | 58.52±21.62 | 0.52 |
A, cm/s | 68.78±14.65 | 68.94±19.07 | 68.87±17.24 | 0.96 |
E/A | 0.85±0.27 | 0.89±0.57 | 0.87±0.47 | 0.59 |
PA pressure, mmHg | – | 56.36±16.15 | 56.36±16.15 | – |
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; LVEDd, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESd, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle; EF, ejection fraction; E, early diastole; A, atrial contraction; PA pressure, pulmonary artery pressure; PH, pulmonary hypertension.