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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2014 Apr 12;20(6):414–421. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.03.009

Table 2.

Cohort characteristics stratified by median mid-RV longitudinal myocardial strain of - 27.3%.

Mid-RVLMS ≥ −27.3 %
Worse strain
(n = 52)		 Mid-RVLMS < −27.3 %
Better strain
(n = 52)		 P
Measures
Estimated PAP (mm Hg) 29 (8) 29 (8) 0.81
RVFAC (%) 44 (9) 46 (7) 0.44
TAPSE (cm) 2.44 (0.49) 2.69 (0.45) 0.007
MPI 0.27 (0.12) 0.24 (0.14) 0.32
Eccentricity Index, diastole 1.31 (0.69) 1.18 (0.70) 0.35
Eccentricity Index, systole 1.17 (0.54) 1.11 (0.57) 0.61
Mid-RV FW LMS (%) −22.7 (3.6) −31.3 (3.1) <0.001
Basal-RV FW LMS (%) −26.4 (5.4) −34.2 (7.1) <0.001

PAP indicates pulmonary arterial pressure; RVFAC, right ventricular fractional area of change; TAPSE, tricuspid annular planar systolic excursion; MPI, myocardial performance index; RV, right ventricle; FW LMS, free wall longitudinal myocardial strain. Data shown as mean (standard deviation).