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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Valve Dis. 2012 Mar;21(2):247–252.

Table I.

Hemodynamic measurements at baseline and at eight weeks after valvectomy.

Parameter Baseline 8 weeks post-valvectomy P-value
Body weight (kg) 69.8 ± 12.4 68.4 ± 13.3 0.868
Heart rate (bpm) 100 ± 23 105 ± 9 0.509
CO (1/min) 5.0 ± 2.9 3.8 ± 1.0 0.396
RAP (mmHg) 7.0 ± 2.0 18.2 ± 2.5* 0.001
Systolic RVP (mmHg) 26.7 ± 5.9 38.2 ± 2.2* 0.006
Diastolic RVP (mmHg) 3.3 ± 5.5 15.6 ± 4.8* 0.014
Mean RVP (mmHg) 12.3 ± 3.2 23.6 ± 2.1 0.429
Systolic PAP (mmHg) 23.7 ± 4.7 32.8 ± 3.6 0.742
Diastolic PAP (mmHg) 11.7 ± 3.8 18.4 ± 1.7* 0.024
Mean PAP (mmHg) 16.3 ± 4.9 24.6 ± 0.9* 0.001
Diastolic LVP (mmHg) 10.3 ± 5.0 19.4 ± 1.9* 0.022

All values are mean ± SD.

*

Statistically significant versus baseline.

CO: Cardiac output; LVP: Left ventricular pressure; PAP: Pulmonary artery pressure; PCWP: Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; RAP: Right atrial pressure; RVP: Right ventricular pressure.