Table 3. – Comparison between echocardiographic variables of heart transplant recipients without rejection and healthy volunteers (control).
| Echocardiographic Variable* | Transplanted without rejection (n=36) | Control (n=30) | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or Median | SD/ QR | QT 1 | QT 3 | Mean or Median | SD/ QR | QT 1 | QT 3 | ||
| SW (mm) | 10.00 | 10.00 | 9.00 | 11.50 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | <0.0001‡ |
| PW (mm) | 9.50 | 9.50 | 8.00 | 11.00 | 7.50 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | <0.0001‡ |
| LVDD (mm) | 43.69 | 3.09 | - | - | 44.70 | 3.20 | - | - | 0.2011† |
| LVSD (mm) | 28.00 | 28.00 | 26.50 | 31.00 | 28.00 | 3.00 | 26.00 | 29.00 | 0.5027‡ |
| EF Teicholz (%) | 65.49 | 5.23 | 62.53 | 67.76 | 66.91 | 6.35 | 64.43 | 70.78 | 0.0491‡ |
| LVDV Simpson (mL) | 74.99 | 23.00 | 60.00 | 83.00 | 73.00 | 28.00 | 63.00 | 91.00 | 0.9790‡ |
| LVSV Simpson (mL) | 26.00 | 16.00 | 21.00 | 37.00 | 27.00 | 13.00 | 20.00 | 33.00 | 0.8075‡ |
| EF Simpson (%) | 64.52 | 6.88 | 59.78 | 66.67 | 62.90 | 6.74 | 60.29 | 67.03 | 0.7371† |
| LV Mass Devereux (g) | 148.69 | 44.51 | - | - | 108.15 | 25.88 | - | - | <0.0001† |
| LV Mass index (g/m2) | 90.79 | 29.89 | - | - | 59.91 | 11.53 | - | - | <0.0001† |
| Relative wall thickness | 0.44 | 0.09 | - | - | 0.33 | 0.04 | - | - | <0.0001† |
| LA Volume (mL) | 61.75 | 29.50 | 49.75 | 79.25 | 34.50 | 12.00 | 30.00 | 42.00 | <0.0001‡ |
| LAi volume (mL/ m2) | 38.17 | 12.90 | 31.21 | 44.11 | 18.98 | 7.18 | 16.29 | 23.47 | <0.0001‡ |
| RA Volume (mL) | 35.00 | 19.00 | 25.00 | 44.00 | 27.50 | 12.00 | 22.00 | 34.00 | 0.0200‡ |
| RAi Volume (mL/ m2) | 19.91 | 11.62 | 15.40 | 27.02 | 15.61 | 7.51 | 11.55 | 19.07 | 0.0014‡ |
| RV basal (mm) | 33.64 | 5.79 | - | - | 33.93 | 3.58 | - | - | 0.8014† |
| RV medial (mm) | 29.11 | 5.41 | - | - | 26.33 | 3.96 | - | - | 0.0226† |
| Lateral annulus tricuspid SV (cm/s) | 7.40 | 2.06 | - | - | 13.37 | 2.08 | - | - | <0.0001† |
| TAPSE (mm) | 12.51 | 3.18 | - | - | 22.97 | 3.01 | - | - | <0.0001† |
| RV FAC (%) | 42.85 | 7.51 | - | - | 44.37 | 4.55 | - | - | 0.3159† |
* values expressed as mean and standard deviation, or median and interquartile range. † p-value calculated by Student’s t-test. ‡ p-value calculated by the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test. QR: Interquartile Range; SW: left ventricular septum thickness; PW: posterior wall thickness; LVDD: left ventricular diastolic diameter; LVSD: left ventricular systolic diameter; EF: ejection fraction; LVDV: left ventricle diastolic volume; LVSV: left ventricular systolic volume; LA: left atrium; LAi: left atrium indexed by body surface; RA: right atrium; RAi: right atrium indexed by body surface; LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; TAPSE: tricuspid annulus systolic excursion; FAC: fractional shortening; QT: quartile.