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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Chest. 2008 Oct 10;135(3):745–751. doi: 10.1378/chest.08-0187

Table 1.

Patient Demographics and Baseline Clinical Measurements (N = 78)

Median Age, years 9.3 (5.2 – 14.2)
Female 42 (53.9%)
IPAH 26 (33.3%)
Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 Congenital Heart Disease 41 (52.5%)
 Repaired Repaired/Unrepaired
 Ventricular Septal Defect 10/3
 Atrial Septal Defect 6/2
 Atrioventricular Septal Defect 6/2
 Patent Ductus Arteriosus 2/1
 Transposition of the Great Arteries 2/0
 Double Outlet Right Ventricle 1/0
 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return 2/0
 Tetralogy of Fallot 1/0
 “Absent Pulmonary Artery” 0/3
 Portopulmonary Hypertension 2 (2.5%)
 Connective Tissue Disease 3 (3.8%)
 Sickle Cell Disease 1 (1.2%)
Bronchopulmonary Dyslpasia 5 (6.4%)
Baseline Cath measurements - median (IQR)
 Right Atrial Pressure, mm Hg 6 (4 – 8) N = 77
 Pulmonary Artery Pressure, mm Hg 38 (29 – 59) N = 79
 Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure, mm Hg 9 (7 – 10) N = 73
 Cardiac Index, L/min × m2 3.5 (2.8 – 4.4) N = 63
 Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Index (PVR), Wood units × m2 6.5 (4.7 – 14.7) N = 74
 Systemic Arterial Pressure, mm Hg 64 (58 – 70) N = 78
 Systemic Vascular Resistance Index (SVR), Wood units × m2 14.8 (11.2 – 19.2) N = 72
 PVR/SVR 0.5 (0.4 – 0.8) N = 72
Baseline Echo measurements - median (IQR)
 Right Ventricular Diastolic Dimension, cm 2.7 (2.1 – 3.2) N = 47
 Left Ventricular Diastolic Dimension, cm 3.6 (3.0 – 4.2) N = 70
 Fractional Shortening of the left ventricle, % 40.0 (35.5 – 46.5) N = 69
 Tricuspid Regurgitation Velocity, m/s 4.2 (3.5 – 4.8) N = 64
 Tricuspid Regurgitation Pressure Gradient, mm Hg 70.1 (49.2 – 91.9) N = 64
No. caths per patient (range) 0 – 8
 No. patients with 1 or no cath 41
 No. patients with 2 or more caths 37
No. echos per patient (range) 0 – 27
 No. patients with 1 or no echo 7
 No. patients with 2 or more echos 71

Values are given as the median (IQR) or No. (%), unless otherwise indicated.