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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Jan 17;59(3):222–231. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.06.076

Table 5. Selected studies reporting on PASP in the literature 2000-2010.

Author N Year Design HF
definition
EF Percent with
measured
PASP
Damy (9) 1380 2001-
2008
Consecutive referrals to
HF clinic
Clinical 26%
preserved
EF (>45%)
74%
reduced EF
26% of patients
with LVSD
40% without
LVSD
Adhyapak
(36)
147 2004-
2007
Consecutive HF
patients with
echocardiography series
Framingham
criteria
Mean
EF=39%
100%
Khush (37) 171 2000-
2003
Sub-study of
ESCAPE trial
Clinical Only
EF≤30%
100%
Kjaergaard
(7)
1022 2001-
2004
Sub-study of patients
screened for trial
(ECHOS)
Clinical 24%
preserved
EF (>50%)
71%
reduced EF
38%
Grigioni
(8)
196 1996-
2003
Echocardiographic
series
Clinical Mean
EF=27%
100%
Ghio (2) 377 1992-
1998
Consecutive patients
referred for HF
management
Clinical only
EF<35%
100%
Lam (3) 244 2003-
2005
Community patients
with HF
Framingham
criteria
only
EF≥50%
83%
Shalaby
(11)
270 2004-
2005
Echocardiographic
series of patients with
HF undergoing CRT
Clinical Not
measured
79%

CRT= cardiac resynchronization therapy; ECHOS=Echocardiography and Heart Outcome Study; ESCAPE= Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness; LVSD= left ventricular systolic dysfunction; other abbreviations as in Tables 1 and 2.