Table 4.
Indices of RV Function in Patients without CKD
| Variable | No PH (n=3381) | PH | Total (N=7846) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precapillary (n=1604) | Isolated postcapillary (n=1516) | Combined* (n=1345) | |||
| RV Size | |||||
| Normal | 81.0% | 45.1% | 73.3% | 57.3% | 67.4% |
| Small | 0.2% | 0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Enlarged | 18.8% | 54.9% | 26.4% | 42.6% | 32.4% |
| RV Functiona | |||||
| Normal | 88.4% | 55.1% | 73.0% | 56.1% | 72.4% |
| Hypercontractile | 0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0% | 0.1% |
| Impaired | 11.6% | 44.8% | 26.9% | 43.9% | 27.5% |
PH, pulmonary hypertension; RV, right ventricle
a
Right ventricular function assessed qualitatively
*
Combined precapillary and postcapillary