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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Card Fail. 2014 May 28;20(8):593–601. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.05.006

Table 3.

Hemodynamic Characteristics According to Inotrope Use Among Patients With Available Pulmonary Artery Catheter Data

Characteristic Total (N=196) Inotrope Use (N=97) No Inotrope Use (N=99) P value*
Right atrial pressure, mmHg 12 (7, 18) 14 (7, 20) 11 (8, 15) 0.033
Pulmonary artery systolic pressure, mmHg 55 ± 14 57 ± 15 54 ± 15 0.10
Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure, mmHg 27 ± 9 28 ± 10 27 ± 8 0.49
Pulmonary artery mean pressure, mmHg 37 ± 11 37 ± 12 37 ± 11 0.54
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, mmHg 25 ± 9 27 ± 9 24 ± 9 0.048
Cardiac output, L/min 3.8 (2.9, 4.6) 3.7 (2.9, 4.3) 3.9 (3.1, 4.8) 0.18
Cardiac index, L/min/m2 1.9 (1.6, 2.3) 1.9 (1.5, 2.2) 2.0 (1.7, 2.4) 0.11
Systemic vascular resistance, dyne·s−1·cm−5 1319 (994, 1747) 1289 (834, 1640) 1384 (1135, 1863) 0.030
Systolic arterial pressure, mmHg 110 (97, 119) 104 (96, 114) 113 (101, 124) 0.002
Diastolic arterial pressure, mmHg 64 (56, 74) 62 (54, 70) 68 (60, 77) 0.006
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg 79 (71, 89) 75 (69, 85) 81 (74, 91) 0.001
Pulse pressure, mmHg 43 (35, 53) 41 (31, 52) 45 (36, 54) 0.16
*

Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables

Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median (25th, 75th percentile).