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. 2022 May 4;43(26):2511–2522. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac207

Table 1.

Patient characteristics, cardiac haemodynamic data, and cardiac magnetic resonance data stratified by right heart catheterization pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

RHC PCWP <15 mmHg (n = 521) RHC PCWP ≥15 mmHg (n = 314) P-value
Age (years) 64.2 ± 13.9 69.6 ± 10.9 <0.0001
Male sex 221 (42%) 116 (37%) 0.1271
Body surface area (m2) 1.88 ± 0.2 1.92 ± 0.35 0.0315
HFpEF 219 (42%) 223 (71%) <0.0001
HFmrEF 21 (4%) 11 (3.5%) 0.7009
HFrEF 14 (2.7%) 9 (2.9%) 0.8784
Other 267 (51.2%) 71 (22.6%) <0.0001
Cardiac haemodynamic data
 Heart rate (bpm) 77.2 ± 14.0 73.6 ± 14.4 0.0004
 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 140.1 ± 24.7 v <0.0001
 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 77.4 ± 12.2 78.3 ± 13.7 0.3192
 Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) 101.1 ± 16.7 104.3 ± 18.9 0.012
 Mean PCWP (mmHg) 10.1 ± 2.9 20.2 ± 5.1 <0.0001
 Mean right atrial pressure (mmHg) 7.6 ± 4.6 13.8 ± 5.2 <0.0001
 Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg) 35.4 ± 14.4 42.2 ± 11.6 <0.0001
 Systolic pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg) 58.9 ± 24.9 68.5 ± 21.4 <0.0001
 Diastolic pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg) 20.0 ± 10.0 24.9 ± 8.3 <0.0001
 Arterial oxygen saturations (%) 94.4 ± 4.0 93.9 ± 4.5 0.0969
 Venous oxygen saturations (%) 66.5 ± 8.2 64.9 ± 8.9 0.0087
 Cardiac output (L) 5.0 ± 2.0 5.1 ± 1.8 0.7903
 Cardiac index (L/min/m2) 2.7 ± 1.1 2.7 ± 0.89 0.9211
CMR data
 Left ventricular end-diastolic volume (mL) 103.0 ± 31.8 121.7 ± 42.4 <0.0001
 Left ventricular end-systolic volume (mL) 34.4 ± 16.9 42.5 ± 26.7 <0.0001
 Left ventricular stroke volume (mL) 68.6 ± 22.7 79.5 ± 25.9 <0.0001
 Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) 67.0 ± 10.9 66.5 ± 11.9 0.5322
 Left ventricular mass (g) 93.3 ± 30.1 105.7 ± 38.0 <0.0001
 Right ventricular end-diastolic volume (mL) 140.4 ± 60.8 159.5 ± 62.2 <0.0001
 Right ventricular end-systolic volume (mL) 82.2 ± 49.7 90.1 ± 47.9 0.024
 Right ventricular stroke volume (mL) 58.2 ± 24.4 69.4 ± 28.6 <0.0001
 Right ventricular ejection fraction (%) 43.7 ± 13.9 45.2 ± 13.1 0.1365
 Left atrial volume (cm3) 62.1 ± 28.3 104.4 ± 51.0 <0.0001
 Left ventricular end-diastolic volume (mL) (indexed) 54.8 ± 15.5 63.7 ± 21.5 <0.0001
 Left ventricular end-systolic volume (mL) (indexed) 18.2 ± 8.6 22.2 ± 13.9 <0.0001
 Left ventricular stroke volume (mL) (indexed) 36.6 ± 11.5 41.6 ± 13.2 <0.0001
 Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) (indexed) 49.3 ± 13.3 55.0 ± 18.7 <0.0001
 Left ventricular mass (g) (indexed) 74.7 ± 30.4 83.5 ± 32.0 0.0001
 Right ventricular end-diastolic volume (mL) (indexed) 43.5 ± 25.2 47.2 ± 25.0 0.0433
 Right ventricular end-systolic volume (mL) (indexed) 31.1 ± 12.8 36.3 ± 14.5 <0.0001

RHC, right heart catheterization; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; HFpEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFmrEF, heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.