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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Aug 6;5(5):637–643. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.972588

Table 2.

Echocardiographic and CMR measures

Echocardiogram Value*
Pulmonary regurgitation (%)
 None 3 (2%)
 Trivial/ mild 17 (12%)
 > Mild 122 (86%)
RV function (%)
 Normal 106 (74%)
 Mildly decreased 25 (17%)
 Moderately decreased 12 (9%)
RV MPI 0.21 (± 0.16)
RV tricuspid peak S wave velocity (cm/sec) 8.9 (± 2.1)
CMR Value
Pulmonary regurgitation > mild § 120 (84%)
Pulmonary regurgitant fraction 34.2 (± 16.6)
Pulmonary regurgitation % | |
 None 6 (4%)
 Mild 19 (13%)
 Moderate 53 (37%)
 Severe 57 (40%)
RV ejection fraction 60.6 (± 8.2%)
RV SV (mL) 91.3 (±35.2)
RV end-diastolic volume (mL) 152.6 (± 60.9)
RV end-systolic volume (mL) 61.2 (± 30.4)
*

Data are expressed as mean (± SD), or number (percentage).

Not available for assessment in 1 subject

Right ventricular myocardial performance index.

§

Qualitative assessment on cardiac magnetic resonance.

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Pulmonary regurgitation % indicates pulmonary regurgitant fraction: mild PR= RF<20 %; moderate PR: RF 20–40%; severe PR: RF>40%. Pulmonary regurgitation assessment was not possible in 8 patients.