Table 3.
Pearson’s Correlations for Variables Associated With Right Ventricular Stroke Work Index
Variable | RVSWI | |
---|---|---|
r | p-value | |
Lung allocation score | 0.251 | 0.007 |
CPET variables | ||
Peak PetCO2 | −0.348 | 0.001 |
VE/VCO2 | 0.275 | 0.008 |
Peak SpO2 | −0.259 | 0.013 |
Echocardiograph variables | ||
IVSTD | 0.319 | 0.001 |
RVEDd | 0.235 | 0.019 |
RVFAC | −0.248 | 0.013 |
Estimated PA | 0.382 | <0.001 |
RVWTD | 0.324 | 0.001 |
Mean PAP | 0.414 | <0.001 |
CPET, cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Estimated PA, estimated pulmonary artery pressure; IVSTD, interventricular septum wall thickness in diastole; PAP, pulmonary arterial pressure; PetCO2, pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide; RVEDd, right ventricular end-diastolic diameter; RVFAC, right ventricular fractional area change; RVSWI, right ventricular stroke work index; RVWTD, right ventricular wall thickness in diastole; SpO2, oxygen saturation; VCO2, rate of carbon dioxide production; VE, minute ventilation.