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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Feb;12(2):e007865. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.118.007865

TABLE 3.

Summary Statistics for 14-Month and 6-year Echocardiographic Measures for Entire Cohort

14 months 6 Year
n Mean ± SD Mean ± SD p Value

RV systolic size and function
End systolic volume/BSA1.3 88 49.93±15.61 45.47±13.05 0.006
End systolic area/BSA0.8 174 15.79±4.06 15.54±3.92 0.44
Ejection fraction, biplane pyramidal, % 88 43.99±6.86 45.62±6.05 0.06
Ejection fraction, biplane pyramidal, % 88 >.99
 ≤ 40%, n (%) 19 (21.6%) 18 (20.5%)
 > 40%, n (%) 69 (78.4%) 70 (79.5%)
Fractional area change, % 174 32.98±6.62 32.97±5.55 >.99
Peak systolic velocity, cm/sec 125 5.48±1.46 6.04±1.25 <.001
Peak systolic velocity for age, z-score 125 −1.09±1.21 −1.70±0.79 <.001
Isovolumic contraction acceleration, cm/sec/sec 61 34.39±11.02 29.50±9.37 0.009
RV diastolic size and function
End diastolic volume/BSA1.3 88 88.66±23.50 83.37±20.64 0.028
End diastolic area/BSA0.8 174 23.46±4.94 23.12±5.18 0.40
RV sphericity index 174 1.27±0.29 1.27±0.30 0.92
Tricuspid valve peak early velocity, m/sec 185 0.86±0.25 0.87±0.24 0.66
Tricuspid valve peak early velocity for age, z-score 185 −0.02±1.30 −0.21±1.30 0.08
Tricuspid valve peak atrial velocity, m/sec 95 0.74±0.22 0.61±0.20 <.001
Tricuspid valve peak atrial velocity for age, z-score 95 2.02±1.79 1.29±1.66 <.001
E/A ratio 95 1.10±0.45 1.52±0.61 <.001
E/A ratio for age, z-score 95 −1.10±0.69 −0.89±0.97 0.046
Peak early diastolic annular velocity, cm/sec 126 8.32±3.79 9.39±3.07 0.008
Peak early diastolic annular velocity for age, z-score 126 −1.99±1.43 −2.70±1.11 <.001
Peak atrial diastolic annular velocity, cm/sec 67 7.03±2.09 5.88±1.77 <.001
Peak atrial diastolic annular velocity for age, z-score 67 0.70±1.36 0.04±1.12 0.001
E/E' ratio 117 11.60±4.48 10.42±4.09 0.017
E/E' ratio for age, z-score 117 3.19±2.83 3.05±2.57 0.65
Flow reversal during atrial systole 182 0.83
 Yes, n (%) 12 (6.6%) 10 (5.5%)
 No, n (%) 170 (93.4%) 172 (94.5%)
Duration of flow reversal during atrial systole, msec 3 112.00±51.68 103.00±28.16 0.86
RV global function
MPI, Inflow Doppler/ET calculation 140 0.42±0.16 0.48±0.19 0.002
MPI DTI calculation 67 0.60±0.20 0.64±0.20 0.17
Neo-aortic valve size and function
Neoaortic annular area/BSA 149 4.32±1.18 3.83±0.99 <.001
Neoaortic annular area for BSA, z-score 149 6.73±3.29 5.72±2.95 <.001
Severity of neoaortic valve regurgitation 226 0.002
 None, n (%) 106 (46.9%) 130 (57.5%)
 Mild, n (%) 115 (50.9%) 82 (36.3%)
 Moderate, n (%) 5 (2.2%) 14 (6.2%)
 Severe, n (%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
≥ Moderate neoaortic valve regurgitation 226 0.06
 Yes, n (%) 5 (2.2%) 14 (6.2%)
 No, n (%) 221 (97.8%) 212 (93.8%)
Tricuspid valve size and function
Tricuspid indexed annular area/BSA 209 6.39±2.00 5.81±1.60 <.001
Tricuspid indexed annular area for BSA, z-score 209 2.88±2.39 2.27±1.97 <.001
Severity of tricuspid valve regurgitation 227 0.004
 None, n (%) 35 (15.4%) 13 (5.7%)
 Mild, n (%) 147 (64.8%) 175 (77.1%)
 Moderate, n (%) 34 (15.0%) 31 (13.7%)
 Severe, n (%) 11 (4.8%) 8 (3.5%)
 Multiple, n (%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
≥Moderate tricuspid valve regurgitation 227 0.55
 Yes, n (%) 45 (19.8%) 39 (17.2%)
 No, n (%) 182 (80.2%) 188 (82.8%)
Neo-aortic size and patency
Ascending neoaortic maximal diameter, cm Not collected at 14 months
Ascending neoaortic maximal diameter for BSA, z-score Not collected at 14 months
Distal arch to descending aorta CWD peak velocity, m/sec 141 1.68±0.54 1.81±0.52 0.001

BSA = body surface area; CWD = continuous wave Doppler; DTI = Doppler tissue imaging; MPI=myocardial performance index; RV=right ventricle; SD = standard deviation.