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. 2014 Mar;30(2):136–143.

Table 2. The echocardiographic and tissue Doppler parameters of occlusive group before and immediately after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty .

Occlusive group (n = 26) Before PTA After PTA p value
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 157.7 ± 27.9 152.5 ± 20.5 0.21
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 73.3 ± 15.6 70.1 ± 16.3 0.23
Heart rare (beats per minutes) 69.2 ± 15.2 77.5 ± 13.8 0.09
2-D Variable
RVEF (%) 46.8 ± 4.9 44.7 ± 3.4 0.18
LVEF (%) 57.9 ± 8.3 57.7 ± 8.0 0.93
M-mode variable
RV TAPSE (cm) 2.3 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 0.3 0.08
Doppler variable
RVOT TVI (m/s) 19.8 ± 2.5 20.3 ± 2.8 0.40
LVOT TVI (m/s) 20.6 ± 3.0 20.1 ± 3.8 0.86
Mitral E (cm/s) 73.2 ± 25.0 66.8 ± 23.2 0.03
Mitral A (cm/s) 89.2 ± 19.5 87.0 ± 16.5 0.66
Deceleration time (ms) 189.9 ± 56.1 207.7 ± 63.8 0.63
PASP (mmHg) 31.6 ± 11.3 42.6 ± 12.0 0.001
Calculation index
M-index (cm/s) 156.3 ± 63.1 109.7 ± 58.8 0.02
RV stroke volume (ml) 59.5 ± 21.3 60.4 ± 19.3 0.80
LV stroke volume (ml) 60.3 ± 19.0 60.8 ± 20.3 0.92
RV (lateral tricuspid annulus)
Sm (cm/s) 11.8 ± 1.4 10.7 ± 2.5 0.16
Em (cm/s) 9.0 ± 2.8 8.3 ± 3.1 0.49
Am (cm/s) 13.8 ± 3.4 15.9 ± 4.6 0.57
IVCT (ms) 63.9 ± 10.3 67.9 ± 15.3 0.41
IVRT (ms) 75.1 ± 12.9 98.4 ± 27.7 p < 0.001
MPI 0.46 ± 0.08 0.62 ± 0.13 p < 0.001

Variables area means ± standard deviations.

Am, peak late diastolic myocardial velocity derived by pulsed-wave Doppler tissue; Em, peak early diastolic myocardial velocity derived by pulsed-wave Doppler tissue; IVCT, isovolumic contraction time derived from Doppler tissue imaging; IVRT, isovolumic relaxation time derived from Doppler tissue imaging; LV, left ventricle; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract; Mitral A, peak velocity of late diastolic mitral inflow; Mitral E, peak velocity of early diastolic mitral inflow; MPI, myocardial performance index, defined as the sum of isovolumetric contraction time and isovolumetric relaxation time divided by the ejection time obtained by Doppler tissue image; M-index, defined as Mitral E divided by RV MPI; PASP, pulmonary artery systolic pressure; RV, right ventricle; RVEF, right ventricular ejection fraction; RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract; Sm, peak systolic myocardial velocity derived by pulsed-wave Doppler tissue; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; TVI, time velocity integral.