Table 3.

Echocardiographic parameters. Comparison H0–H6

	HO	H6	∆ H0–H6 (H6–H0)	p value
LVEF (%)	53 (50; 55)	45 (30; 57)	− 8 (− 18; 2)	0.074
LVEDV	89 (56; 114)	100 (44; 119)	9 (− 21; 43)	0.38
VTI (cm)	17 (15; 17)	14 (12; 16)	− 2 (− 3; − 1)	0.008
TDSa (cm/s)	11.0 (8.0; 13.0)	9.0 (7.0; 12.0)	− 1.0 (− 2.1; 0.0)	0.031
Peak E wave velocity (m/s)	0.90 (0.70; 1.00)	0.84 (0.80; 1.00)	0.00 (− 0.10; 0.12)	0.95
Peak E' wave velocity (m/s)	0.11 (0.09; 0.12)	0.09 (0.08; 0.10)	− 0.01 (− 0.03; − 0.01)	0.023
Peak A wave velocity (m/s)	0.77 (0.68; 1.03)	0.57 (0.47; 0.75)	− 0.21 (− 0.27; − 0.06)	0.016
E/A	0.91 (0.80; 1.33)	1.52 (0.97; 1.88)	0.47 (0.20; 0.62)	0.031
E/E’	7.6 (6.5; 9.0)	9.5 (8.4; 12.3)	2.6 (1.0; 3.3)	0.023
DTI S’ (cm/s)	9.0 (7.2; 14.0)	9.0 (8.0; 11.0)	− 1.0 (− 3.0; 0.0)	0.16
TAPSE (mm)	17.5 (16.0; 21.5)	15.5 (14.0; 16.5)	− 1.0 (− 4.0; − 0.5)	0.031

HO O hours (baseline), H6 6 h, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, VTI velocity time integral, TDSa Tissue Doppler lateral mitral annulus peak systolic velocity, E/A early ventricular filling velocity to late ventricular filling velocity, E/E′ mitral early diastolic velocity-to-early diastolic mitral annulus velocity, DTI S′ derived tricuspid lateral annular systolic velocity S′ wave, TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion