Table 6.

RV diastolic function.

Conventional Doppler echocardiographic measurements (global function)
Tricuspid E velocity, cm/s	49.8 ± 11.4	49.6 ± 6.3	0.935
Tricuspid A velocity, cm/s	48.7 ± 10.6	38 ± 7.3	<0.001*
Tricuspid E/A	1.04 ± 0.2	1.32 ± 0.19	<0.001*
DT, ms	174 ± 67	232 ± 67	0.002*
IVRT, ms	68.5 ± 21.1	42.6 ± 5.8	<0.001*
IVRT/R–R interval, %	9.3 ± 4.7	5.1 ± 0.7	<0.001*
DTI (regional function)-RV free wall
IVRT, ms	67.1 ± 21.3	46.6 ± 12.2	<0.001*
IVRT/R–R interval, %	10.1 ± 3.5	5.6 ± 1.7	<0.001*
Tei index
RV Tei index	0.54 ± 0.26	0.35 ±0.07	<0.001*

^*Statistically significant.