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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 4.

Subject characteristics stratified by LVEF of 50%.

LVEF < 50%
(n = 6)		 LVEF ≥ 50%
(n = 96)		 P
Measures
Estimated PAP (mm Hg) 30 (11) 29 (8) 0.82
RVFAC (%) 40 (11) 45 (8) 0.15
TAPSE (cm) 2.15 (0.39) 2.58 (0.47) 0.02
MPI 0.24 (0.05) 0.26 (0.13) 0.64
Eccentricity Index, diastole 0.90 (0.10) 1.27 (0.71) 0.09
Eccentricity Index, systole 0.89 (0.17) 1.16 (0.57) 0.13
Mid-RV FW LMS (%) −24.4 (5.0) −27.0 (5.4) 0.27
Basal-RV FW LMS (%) −27.8 (4.7) −30.3 (7.4) 0.49

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).