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. 2019 Jun 13;17(4):271–278. doi: 10.18502/ijrm.v17i4.4552

Table 2.

Comparison of echocardiographic indices in the study groups


Normal pregnancy (n = 50) Severe preeclampsia (n = 44) p-value
Ejection fraction (%) 57 (55–60) 55 (55–60) 0.25
Left ventricular end-systolic diameter (cm) 3.1 (2.9–3.2) 3.1 (2.9–3.3) 0.28
Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (cm) 4.7 (4.4–4.9) 4.5 (4.4–4.9) 0.94
Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (cm) 2.2 (1.9–2.5) 2.1 (1.9–2.2) 0.07
E/Em(ratio) 9 (7–11) 10 (8.0–12.7) 0.06
white<bcol>4</ecol>Note: All data are reported as Median (IQR); Mann-Whitney test was used for comparison