Table 3.

Relations of plasma phosphorylated Ser²⁰⁸-TnT, TnT and BNP to echographic and haemodynamic parameters

	P-Ser208-TnT TnT BNP
Cardiac parameters	Rho	95% CI	P value	Rho	95% CI	P value	Rho	95% CI	P value
LVEDP (mm Hg)	−0.495	−0.662 to −0.213	0.003	0.743	0.436–0.834	4.94 10−7	0.402	0.034–0.610	0.020
LVEDD (mm Hg)	−0.633	−0.803 to −0.536	5.84 10−5	0.704	0.592–0.881	3.31 10−6	0.421	0.201–0.719	0.013
LVESD (mm)	−0.651	−0.838 to −0.565	3.09 10−5	0.699	0.604–0.891	4.28 10−6	0.396	0.195–0.676	0.020
Stroke volume (ml/beat)	0.261	0.064–0.589	0.137	−0.221	−0.537 to −0.063	0.209	−0.344	−0.427 to −0.044	0.046
Cardiac output (ml/min)	0.304	0.059–0.634	0.081	−0.174	−0.515 to 0.053	0.325	−0.219	−0.386 to 0.088	0.212
dP/dtmax (mm Hg/s)	0.288	−0.120 to 0.526	0.105	−0.513	−0.701 to −0.234	0.003	−0.168	−0.450 to 0.149	0.358
dP/dtmin (mm Hg/s)	−0.427	−0.587 to −0.054	0.016	0.639	0.356–0.699	0.0001	0.256	−0.123 to 0.412	0.165
FS (%)	0.657	0.569–0.868	2.41 10−5	−0.673	−0.874 to −0.579	1.30 10−5	−0.363	−0.624 to −0.194	0.035
E/A	−0.606	−0.664 to −0.023	0.0005	0.707	0.334–0.806	1.81 10−5	0.274	−0.232 to 0.548	0.150
Tau (ms)	−0.515	−0.640 to −0.285	0.003	0.671	0.241–0.744	2.62 10−5	0.358	−0.117 to 0.380	0.048

LVEDP: left ventricle end-diastolic pressure; LVEDD: LV end diastolic diameter; LVESD: LV end-systolic pressure; dP/dt_max: cardiac contractility; dP/dt_min: cardiac relaxation; FS: fractional shortening; E/A: ratio between LV E and A waves; Tau: LV relaxation constant; Rho: linear Spearman coefficient of correlation.