Skip to main content
. 2012 Jul 12;33(19):2434–2441. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs200

Table 3.

Results of magnetic resonance imaging at rest and during exercise stress within the pulmonary stenosis and pulmonary regurgitation group

pre-PPVI rest vs. exercise
post-PPVI rest vs. exercise
Δ pre- vs. post-PPVI
Rest Exercise Rest Exercise Rest Exercise
Pulmonary stenosis (n = 9)
 RV EDV, mL/m2 103.0 ± 52.0 104.0 ± 44.4 93.9 ± 38.4 96.4 ± 35.9 −9.2 ± 16.1 −7.6 ± 11.9**
 RV ESV, mL/m2 56.9 ± 42.2 57.7 ± 32.8 48.3 ± 37.3 43.7 ± 35.4* −8.6 ± 7.9** −14.0 ± 13.1**
 RV SV, mL/m2 46.1 ± 14.1 46.4 ± 11.3 45.6 ± 6.4 52.7 ± 8.9* −0.6 ± 9.6 6.3 ± 4.2
 RV EF, % 48.2 ± 12.1 48.4 ± 14.8 53.4 ± 15.0 59.6 ± 17.3* 5.2 ± 7.1** 11.3 ± 9.8**
 PRF, % 8.6 ± 10.8 4.2 ± 4.4 0.5 ± 0.8 1.4 ± 3.8 −8.1 ± 10.1** −2.8 ± 4.2**
 LV EDV, mL/m2 66.1 ± 16.7 66.0 ± 17.4 73.7 ± 14.1 75.9 ± 13.2 7.6 ± 4.8** 9.9 ± 6.8**
 LV ESV, mL/m2 24.8 ± 12.3 21.4 ± 12.8* 28.3 ± 11.2 23.1 ± 10.1* 3.5 ± 3.2** 1.7 ± 3.9
 Effective LV/RV SV, mL/m2 41.3 ± 8.8 44.6 ± 10.4* 45.4 ± 6.2 52.8 ± 8.8* 4.1 ± 3.8** 8.2 ± 4.1**
 LV EF, % 63.9 ± 11.4 69.6 ± 12.7* 62.7 ± 8.6 70.4 ± 9.6* −1.2 ± 4.6 0.9 ± 4.4
 Heart rate, b.p.m. 76.6 ± 10.0 136.5 ± 15.3* 76.0 ± 9.9 117.8 ± 13.8* −0.6 ± 6.2 −18.7 ± 12.3**
 CO LV, mL/min * m2 3.1 ± 0.6 6.0 ± 1.4* 3.4 ± 0.5 6.2 ± 1.4 0.3 ± 0.3 0.2 ± 0.4

Pulmonary regurgitation (n = 8)
 RV EDV, mL/m2 126.5 ± 24.5 127.9 ± 24.8 112.7 ± 24.1 115.7 ± 19.5 −13.8 ± 12.0** −12.2 ± 12.6**
 RV ESV, mL/m2 65.3 ± 20.1 64.6 ± 20.9 63.0 ± 20.5 58.4 ± 17.7 −2.2 ± 4.0 −6.2 ± 10.7
 RV SV, mL/m2 61.3 ± 14.0 63.3 ± 9.9 49.7 ± 7.8 57.3 ± 6.9* −11.6 ± 10.7** −6.0 ± 5.4**
 RV EF, % 48.9 ± 9.9 50.4 ± 8.4 45.5 ± 8.3 50.4 ± 7.9* −3.9 ± 3.6 0.0 ± 4.5
 PRF, % 29.2 ± 5.2 13.6 ± 6.1* 0.3 ± 0.0 1.9 ± 3.1 −29.2 ± 5.1** −11.7 ± 5.4**
 LV EDV, mL/m2 76.7 ± 19.2 82.1 ± 25.9 81.7 ± 23.9 87.1 ± 129.5 4.9 ± 7.7 5.1 ± 5.9**
 LV ESV, mL/m2 33.7 ± 19.9 27.7 ± 23.7* 33.2 ± 16.7 29.9 ± 24.3 −0.4 ± 4.5 2.1 ± 3.9
 effective LV/RV SV, mL/m2 43.0 ± 8.5 54.3 ± 6.6* 48.4 ± 8.8 57.2 ± 8.1* 5.4 ± 6.6** 2.9 ± 4.2
 LV EF, % 57.5 ± 10.8 69.5 ± 13.5* 60.7 ± 7.4 68.7 ± 11.9* 3.2 ± 5.0 −0.8 ± 4.2
 Heart rate, b.p.m. 79.5 ± 9.8 128.9 ± 10.9* 81.4 ± 10.3 123.1 ± 12.5* 1.9 ± 2.8 −5.8 ± 11.9
 CO LV, mL/min m2 3.4 ± 0.7 7.0 ± 1.2* 3.8 ± 0.6 7.1 ± 1.3* 0.5 ± 0.5** 0.0 ± 0.7

RV, right ventricle; EDV, end-diastolic volume; ESV, end-systolic volume; SV, stroke volume; EF, ejection fraction; PRF, pulmonary regurgitation fraction; LV, left ventricle; CO, cardiac output.

*A significant difference (P < 0.05) between parameters at rest vs. during exercise.

**A significant difference (P < 0.05) between parameters pre-PPVI vs. post-PPVI.