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. 2004 Mar 16;8(3):R128–R136. doi: 10.1186/cc2844

Table 2.

Hemodynamic response to volume loading in pulmonary artery catheter/radionuclide cineangiogram studied group

Parameter Before saline infusion After saline infusion Percentage change P
HR (beats/min) 68.4 ± 3.4 72.2 ± 4.1 5.7 ± 3.5 NS
SBP (mmHg) 126.0 ± 4.7 132.4 ± 4.2 5.9 ± 1.8 0.0075
DBP (mmHg) 69.4 ± 2.8 75.7 ± 2.8 9.6 ± 3.0 0.0081
MAP (mmHg) 88.1 ± 3.3 94.6 ± 3.0 7.8 ± 2.2 0.004
CVP (mmHg) 9.4 ± 0.7 12.4 ± 0.9 41.5 ± 15.2 0.028
SPAP (mmHg) 22.5 ± 1.0 29.2 ± 1.4 30.6 ± 5.6 0.0001
DPAP (mmHg) 11.3 ± 0.8 15.4 ± 0.7 44.1 ± 13.4 0.0065
MPAP (mmHg) 15.1 ± 0.7 20.0 ± 0.9 36.2 ± 9.2 0.0019
PWP (mmHg) 9.7 ± 0.9 15.3 ± 0.8 77.8 ± 26.4 0.0128
CI (l/min per m2) 2.96 ± 0.12 3.87 ± 0.29 30.0 ± 6.5 0.0006
SVI (ml/m2) 44.0 ± 1.9 54.1 ± 3.0 23.1 ± 4.7 0.0005
LVEDVI (ml/m2) 70.6 ± 2.2 76.3 ± 4.0 7.7 ± 2.7 0.0138
LVESVI (ml/m2) 26.6 ± 0.8 22.3 ± 0.6 -17.1 ± 5.1 0.0131
LVEF (%) 62 ± 1 69 ± 1 11.2 ± 2.2 0.0003
LVSWI (g/beats per m2) 46.6 ± 2.5 58.0 ± 3.6 25.1 ± 5.1 0.0004
SBP/LVESVI (mmHg/ml per m2) 4.77 ± 0.25 5.71 ± 0.40 19.9 ± 6.1 0.0071
SVRI (dyne·s per cm5 per m2) 2140 ± 100 1779 ± 114 -16.5 ± 4.6 0.0039
RVEDVI (ml/m2) 81.8 ± 4.2 89.6 ± 5.8 9.5 ± 3.5 0.019
RVESVI (ml/m2) 37.8 ± 2.7 34.0 ± 2.9 -6.5 ± 2.7 0.0335
RVEF (%) 54 ± 1 61 ± 2 12.9 ± 1.6 <0.0001
RVSWI (g/beat per m2) 3.4 ± 0.5 5.8 ± 0.9 88.7 ± 24.8 0.0038
SPAP/RVESVI (mmHg/ml per m2) 0.62 ± 0.04 0.94 ± 0.13 48.2 ± 14.6 0.0063
PVRI (dyne·s per cm5 per m2) 147 ± 17 100 ± 16 -27.6 ± 10.9 0.0264

CI, cardiac index; CVP, central venous pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; DPAP, diastolic pulmonary artery pressure; HR, heart rate; LVEDVI, left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESVI, left ventricular end-systolic volume index; LVSWI, left ventricular stroke work index; MAP, mean arterial pressure; MPAP, mean pulmonary artery pressure; PAC, pulmonary artery catheter; PSP, peak systolic blood pressure; PVRI, pulmonary vascular resistance index; PWP, pulmonary artery wedge pressure; RVEDVI, right ventricular end-diastolic volume index; RVEF, right ventricular ejection fraction; RVESVI, right ventricular end-systolic volume index; RVSWI, right ventricular stroke work index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SPAP, systolic pulmonary artery pressure; SVI, stroke volume index; SVRI, systemic vascular resistance index.