Table 3.

Indices of RV Function in Patients with CKD

	No PH (n=1268)	PH			Total (N=4772)
Variable		Precapillary (n=794)	Isolated postcapillary (n=1367)	Combined* (n=1343)
RV Size
Normal	83.0%	48.6%	66.1%	54.2%	63.8%
Small	0.8%	0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%
Enlarged	16.2%	51.4%	33.7%	45.7%	35.9%
RV Functiona
Normal	85.2%	52.0%)	65.5%	51.1%	63.8%
Hypercontractile	0%	0%	0%	0.1%	0%
Impaired	14.8%	48.0%	34.5%	48.8%	36.2%

PH, pulmonary hypertension; RV, right ventricle

^aRight ventricular function assessed qualitatively