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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiol Young. 2015 Aug 17;26(4):718–724. doi: 10.1017/S1047951115001456

Table 4.

Correlation between tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) measurements and measures of right ventricular global and segmental size and function

Global
Measurement r r2 p-value
TAPSE
 RVEF1 (%) 0.23 0.05 p=0.099
 RVEDV2 (ml) 0.29 0.08 p=0.034
 RVESV3 (ml) 0.15 0.02 p=0.280

Indexed TAPSE
 RVEF (%) 0.01 0.00 p=0.945
 Indexed RVEDV (ml/m2) 0.34 0.12 p=0.011
 Indexed RVESV (ml/m2) 0.15 0.02 p=0.275

Fractional TAPSE
 RVEF (%) 0.41 0.17 p=0.002
 Indexed RVEDV (ml/m2) −0.13 0.02 p=0.347
 Indexed RVESV (ml/m2) −0.32 0.10 p=0.018
Segmental
Measurement r r2 p-value
TAPSE
 RV sinus EF4 (%) 0.24 0.06 p=0.076
 Indexed RVEDVsinus5 (ml/m2) 0.04 0.00 p=0.758
 Indexed RVESVsinus6 (ml/m2) −0.13 0.02 p=0.365
 RV infundibular EF7 (%) 0.15 0.02 p=0.282
 Indexed RVEDVinfundibulum8 (ml/m2) 0.14 0.02 p=0.330
 Indexed RVESVinfundibulum9 (ml/m2) 0.08 0.01 p=0.581

Indexed TAPSE
 RV sinus EF (%) −0.01 0.00 p=0.950
 Indexed RVEDVsinus (ml/m2) 0.36 0.13 p=0.007
 Indexed RVESVsinus (ml/m2) 0.22 0.05 p=0.103
 RV infundibular EF (%) −0.24 0.06 p=0.086
 Indexed RVEDVinfundibulum (ml/m2) 0.19 0.04 p=0.173
 Indexed RVESVinfundibulum (ml/m2) 0.27 0.07 p=0.046

Fractional TAPSE
 RV sinus EF (%) 0.30 0.09 p=0.028
 Indexed RVEDVsinus (ml/m2) −0.20 0.04 p=0.152
 Indexed RVESVsinus (ml/m2) −0.36 0.13 p=0.008
 RV infundibular EF (%) 0.25 0.06 p=0.072
 Indexed RVEDVinfundibulum (ml/m2) −0.07 0.00 p=0.637
 Indexed RVESVinfundibulum (ml/m2) −0.12 0.01 p=0.395

evaluated using Spearman correlation

1

Right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF)

2

Right ventricular end diastolic volume (RVEDV)

3

Right ventricular end systolic volume (RVESV)

4

Right ventricular sinus ejection fraction (RV sinus EF)

5

Right ventricular sinus end diastolic volume (RVEDVsinus)

6

Right ventricular sinus end systolic volume (RVESVsinus)

7

Right ventricular infundibular ejection fraction (RV infundibular EF)

8

Right ventricular infundibular end diastolic volume (RVEDVinfundibulum)

9

Right ventricular infundibular end systolic volume (RVESVinfundibulum)