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. 2021 Oct 1;37(4):593–600. doi: 10.1007/s00380-021-01943-7

Table 2.

Correlations between RHC parameters and CABs

Parameter Measurement site
RHC CABs 3L V4
r p r p
Mean PAP (mmHg) S1Intensity 0.075 0.646 0.075 0.647
S2Intensity 0.253 0.116 0.255 0.113
S3Intensity 0.206 0.202 0.277 0.084
S4Intensity 0.220 0.185 0.261 0.108
S1Complexity − 0.014 0.933 − 0.094 0.565
S2Complexity 0.300 0.060 0.426 0.006
S3Strength 0.176 0.278 0.347 0.028
S4Strength 0.196 0.238 0.070 0.674
PAWP (mmHg) S1Intensity − 0.164 0.313 − 0.090 0.579
S2Intensity 0.038 0.817 0.090 0.583
S3Intensity 0.276 0.085 0.344 0.030
S4Intensity 0.104 0.534 0.145 0.379
S1Complexity − 0.077 0.636 − 0.178 0.272
S2Complexity 0.031 0.850 0.083 0.611
S3Strength 0.499 0.001 0.581 < 0.001
S4Strength 0.151 0.367 0.065 0.695
PVR (dynes s cm−5) S1Intensity 0.074 0.651 0.115 0.479
S2Intensity 0.182 0.261 0.193 0.233
S3Intensity 0.026 0.876 0.124 0.447
S4Intensity 0.172 0.301 0.233 0.154
S1Complexity − 0.073 0.653 − 0.155 0.339
S2Complexity 0.398 0.011 0.474 0.002
S3Strength − 0.063 0.700 0.074 0.652
S4Strength 0.238 0.150 0.177 0.283
CI (l/min/m2) S1Intensity 0.318 0.049 0.256 0.116
S2Intensity 0.177 0.281 0.153 0.353
S3Intensity 0.031 0.852 − 0.041 0.803
S4Intensity 0.077 0.653 0.109 0.516
S1Complexity 0.193 0.239 0.347 0.031
S2Complexity 0.042 0.799 0.046 0.779
S3Strength − 0.207 0.207 − 0.298 0.066
S4Strength − 0.157 0.354 − 0.054 0.748

RHC right heart catheterization, CABs cardiac acoustic biomarkers, mean PAP mean pulmonary arterial pressure, PAWP pulmonary artery wedge pressure, PVR pulmonary vascular resistance, CI cardiac index