Table 3.

Echocardiographic indices: age and vital signs in deceased and 30-day survivor subgroups.

	Dead	Survivors	p-value
Acceleration time of RV (ms)	55 ± 1	78 ± 14	<0.001
Diameter of the inferior vena cava (mm)	36 ± 2	25 ± 6	<0.001
RV outflow tract fractional shortening (%)	9 ± 2	38 ± 16	<0.001
Deceleration time of the E wave (ms)	100 ± 3	125 ± 16	<0.001
E to A wave ratio	0.25 ± 0.05	0.67 ± 0.27	<0.001
Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (mmHg)	110 ± 6	59 ± 26	<0.001
Tricuspidal annular plane systolic excursion (mm)	5 ± 1	16 ± 6	<0.001
RV
Apical 4-chamber view (mm)	29 ± 7	27 ± 6	<0.001
Parasternal long-axis view (mm)	26 ± 6	25 ± 4	<0.001
Subcostal long-axis view (mm)	28 ± 6	26 ± 5	<0.001
LV
Apical 4-chamber view (mm)	51 ± 4	52 ± 4	<0.001
Parasternal long-axis view (mm)	51 ± 4	52 ± 3	<0.001
Subcostal long-axis view (mm)	51 ± 5	52 ± 4	<0.001
RV/LV
Apical 4-chamber view	0.59 ± 0.18	0.53 ± 0.13	<0.001
Parasternal long-axis view	0.52 ± 0.14	0.49 ± 0.10	<0.001
Subcostal long-axis view	0.57 ± 0.16	0.51 ± 0.11	<0.001
Age (years)	82 ± 14	73 ± 13	NS
Systolic arterial blood pressure (mmHg)	138 ± 17	129 ± 25	NS
Diastolic arterial blood pressure (mmHg)	83 ± 15	76 ± 13	NS
Heart rate (beats/min)	130 ± 12	100 ± 26	NS
Respiratory rate (breaths/min)	36 ± 7	23 ± 9	NS

RV, right ventricle; LV, left ventricle; RV/LV, right ventricle to left ventricle ratio