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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2014 Nov 14;131(3):269–279. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010637

Table 4.

Electrocardiographic, Echocardiographic, and Invasive Hemodynamic Characteristics Stratified Pheno-Group

Parameter Group 1 (N=128) Group 2 (N=120) Group 3 (N=149) P-value
Electrocardiography

PR interval, ms 166.6±29.6 174.2±29.8 183.3±53.5 0.007
QRS duration, ms 93.8±21.0 91.3±13.6 112.7±33.3 <0.001
QTc interval, ms 450.6±35.2 449.8±34.0 464.6±48.9 0.005
QRS axis, degrees 10.7±39.0 20.4±38.4 −4.2±60.7 <0.001
QRS-T angle, degrees 42.6±41.7 53.4±44.0 86.6±54.0 <0.001

Echocardiography

LV end-diastolic volume, ml 81.2±23.4 84.2±24.0 84.6±32.3 0.56
LV end-systolic volume, ml 31.6±12.1 33.1±12.1 35.4±19.2 0.12
Relative wall thickness 0.47±0.11 0.49±0.09 0.56±0.20 <0.001
LV mass index, g/m2 89.1±22.6 96.4±26.3 122.0±47.3 <0.001
Left atrial volume index, ml/m2 29.1±11.1 31.5±10.6 40.9±16.7 <0.001
LV ejection fraction, % 61.8±5.6 61.2±6.5 60.0±7.1 0.05
Stroke volume, ml 84.8±22.9 88.6±32.0 80.7±31.3 0.09
Cardiac output, L/min/m2 6.5±2.0 6.6±2.5 5.8±2.6 0.006
Pulmonary artery systolic pressure, mmHg 35.3±9.7 43.5±14.6 51.2±16.3 <0.001
Right atrial pressure, mmHg 6.0±2.7 6.9±3.5 9.8±4.7 <0.001
E velocity, cm/s 93.2±28.6 103.2±34.5 118.2±40.9 <0.001
A velocity, cm/s 82.8±22.5 93.1±26.3 81.6±38.7 0.01
E/A ratio 1.2±0.5 1.1±0.4 1.7±1.0 <0.001
Tissue Doppler e′ velocity, cm/s 9.3±3.2 7.5±2.1 7.9±3.4 <0.001
E/e′ ratio 11.2±3.7 15.2±6.4 18.6±10.6 <0.001
Diastolic dysfunction grade, n (%) <0.001
 Normal diastolic function 21 (16) 9 (8) 2 (1)
 Grade I (mild) diastolic dysfunction 15 (12) 16 (13) 12 (8)
 Grade II (moderate) diastolic dysfunction 60 (47) 56 (47) 43 (29)
 Grade III (severe) diastolic dysfunction 23 (18) 31 (26) 83 (56)
 Indeterminate diastolic function 9 (7) 8 (7) 9 (6)
RV basal diameter, cm 3.6±0.6 3.8±0.5 4.2±0.8 <0.001
RV end-diastolic area index, cm/m2 12.4±2.1 12.7±2.4 16.2±4.7 <0.001
RV end-systolic area index, cm/m2 6.7±1.5 7.2±1.5 9.9±3.4 <0.001
RV wall thickness, cm 0.46±0.03 0.50±0.07 0.56±0.11 <0.001
RV fractional area change 0.46±0.06 0.43±0.05 0.40±0.08 <0.001
TAPSE, cm 2.2±0.6 2.1±0.6 1.7±0.6 <0.001

Invasive hemodynamics (N=216)

Right atrial pressure, mmHg 10.5±4.6 15.3±6.5 14.6±6.8 <0.001
Pulmonary artery systolic pressure, mmHg 42.4±12.0 55.9±15.4 56.7±19.7 <0.001
Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure, mmHg 21.7±6.3 28.2±7.7 26.5±9.1 <0.001
Mean pulmonary artery pressure, mmHg 28.8±7.7 35.9±9.9 36.6±11.7 <0.001
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, mmHg 19.9±6.3 24.6±8.3 23.7±9.7 0.002
Pulmonary vascular resistance, Wood units 1.2±2.5 2.8±4.6 2.3±3.7 0.043
Cardiac output, L/min 6.1±2.1 6.5±2.1 5.8±2.3 0.15

Continuous variables are presented as mean±SD; LV=left ventricular; RV=right ventricular; TAPSE = tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion