. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 5.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jun 26;96(2):10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.012. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.012

Table 1.

Summary of Hemodynamic Variables

Hemodynamic Variable	Unassisted	Assisted	Healthy Controls
Heart rate, beats/min	94.4 ± 4.7	94.8 ± 4.9	99.5 ± 6.7
End-diastolic pressure, mm Hg	10.4 ± 1.0	10.7 ± 1.2	11.35 ± 3.9
Peak left ventricle pressure, mm Hg	74.5 ± 5.3	76.2 ± 5.8	82.9 ± 6.23
dP/dT_max, mm Hg/s	773.8 ± 60.6	789.2 ± 58.4	1320.3 ± 108.0^a
dP/dT_min, mm Hg/s	−940.6 ± 80.4	−906.8 ± 78.3	−1305.6 ± 104.6^a

Denotes p < 0.05.

dP/dT = rate of rise of left ventricular pressure.