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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Dec 13;68(23):2525–2536. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.09.942

Table 4.

Hemodynamic Characteristics of the Cohort

Characteristic PAH
(n = 564)
Cpc-PH
(n = 364)
Ipc-PH
(n =1,456)
Heart rate, beats/min (n = 1,318) 78 ± 14 y 82 ± 16 76 ± 16*
Systolic BP, mm Hg(n = 2,167) 126 ± 24 128 ± 26 126 ± 26
Diastolic BP, mm Hg(n = 2,125) 76 ± 16 76 ± 13 70 ± 14*
Mean RA pressure, mm Hg (n = 2,200) 8 ± 5 y 14 ± 7 12 ± 6*
Systolic PA pressure, mm Hg(n = 2,293) 72 ± 23 69 ± 20 53 ± 13*
Diastolic PA pressure, mm Hg(n = 2,294) 29 ± 11y 34 ± 8 23 ± 6*
Mean PA pressure, mm Hg(n = 2,293) 45 ± 14y 47 ± 11 36 ± 8*
PAWP, mm Hg (n = 2,187) 9 ± 4y 22 ± 5 24 ± 6*
DPG, mm Hg(n = 2,147) 19 ± 12y 12 ± 6 −1 ± 5*
Transpulmonary gradient, mm Hg(n = 2,146) 35 ± 15y 25 ± 10 12 ± 5*
PVR, Wood units (n = 2,175) 8.6 ± 5.0y 5.8 ± 3.2 2.6 ± 1.6*
Cardiac index, l/min/m2 (n = 2,018) 2.5 ± 0.8 2.5 ± 0.8 2.7 ± 0.9*
Stroke volume, ml(n = 1,105) 60 ± 24 64 ± 30 71 ± 30*
PA oxygen saturation, %(n = 2,051) 64 ± 9y 61 ± 10 63 ± 10*
Pulmonary arterial compliance, ml/mm Hg(n =
1,036)
1.6 ± 1.0y 2.4 ± 1.8 2.7 ± 1.7*
RC time, s (n = 1,013) 0.67 ± 0.22y 0.61 ± 0.28 0.37 ± 0.19*
*

p < 0.05 for Ipc-PH vs. Cpc-PH;

y

p < 0.05 for PAH vs. Cpc-PH.

BP = blood pressure; PA = pulmonary arterial; PVR = pulmonary vascular resistance; RA = right atrial; RC = resistance-compliance. Other abbreviations as in Table 1.