Table 6.

Right ventricular systolic function.

Echocardiographic parameter	Baseline	Peak effort	Recovery	p-Value
RVEDD (cm)	2.71 ± 0.20 [2.74]	2.63 ± 0.39 [2.56]	2.64 ± 0.27 [2.61]	NS
RV myocardial systolic velocity, Sm (cm/s)	18.4 ± 3.9 [17.0]	16.9 ± 2.7 [16.7]	18.24 ± 3.4 [16.9]	NS
TAPSE (mm)	24.3 ± 2.8 [24.2]	24.3 ± 3.3 [23.7]	25.6 ± 4.5 [25.0]	NS
FAC (%)	51.5% ± 3.4 [51.3]	56.6% ± 7.4 [58.4]	58.6% ± 6.9 [57.8]	<0.05∗

Mean ± SD (median value).

^∗Recovery vs. baseline.

RVEDD, right ventricular end-diastolic diameter; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; FAC, fractional area change.