Table 4.
Spearman’s correlation between biomarkers and echocardiographic variables
| First echocardiographic examination | The change of variables | |||||
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| d-dimer | Fibrinogen | hs TNT | d-dimer | Fibrinogen | hs TNT | |
| FAC | -0.26 (0.184) | -0.16 (0.171) | -0.17 (0.301) | 0.25 (0.353) | 0.05 (0.841) | -0.12 (0.616) |
| RV-strain | -0.25 (0.178) | -0.01 (0.962) | -0.24 (0.197) | -0.37 (0.127) | 0.45 (0.057) | -0.38 (0.061) |
| RV-diameter | 0.09 (0.675) | 0.17 (0.418) | 0.39 (0.053) | 0.11 (0.660) | 0.41 (0.084) | -0.17 (0.434) |
| AT | -0.54 (0.016)* | -0.19 (0.321) | -0.43 (0.017)* | -0.50 (0.030)* | -0.24 (0.309) | -0.19 (0.339) |
| TVG | 0.52 (0.006)* | 0.18 (0.389) | 0.38 (0.050) | 0.55 (0.021)* | -0.34 (0.194) | 0.12 (0.612) |
| SPAP | 0.63 (0.04)* | 0.172 (0.496) | 0.411 (0.46) | 0.57 (0.017)* | -0.41 (0.111) | 0.13 (0.591) |
| TAPSE | -0.17 (0.095) | 0.07 (0.721) | -0.25 (0.186) | -0.17 (0.459) | -0.01 (0.979) | -0.21 (0.309) |
| Tricuspid s’ | 0.01 (0.973) | -0.24 (0.223) | -0.09 (0.604) | -0.13 (0.616) | 0.21 (0.414) | -0.12 (0.579) |
Data are presented as r (P-value);
*
indicates significant correlation.
AT, acceleration time of pulsed Doppler at right ventricular outflow tract; FAC, fractional area change; RV, right ventricular; SPAP, systolic pulmonary arterial pressure; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; Tricuspid s’, systolic tricuspid lateral annular velocity; TVG, trans-tricupid valve gradient.