TABLE 2.
Multi‐plane RV quantitative parameters in end stage heart failure patients compared with healthy age and gender matched controls
| End stage heart failurepatients (n = 25) | Healthy controls (n = 25) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi‐plane echo parameters | Feasibility (%) | Values | Feasibility (%) | Values | p‐value |
| TAPSE (mm) | |||||
| Lateral wall | 100.0 | 16.3 ± 4.5 | 100.0 | 26.0 ± 5.4 | <0.001 |
| Anterior wall | 100.0 | 16.0 ± 4.5 | 100.0 | 26.6 ± 4.2 | <0.001 |
| Inferior wall | 96.0 | 14.2 ± 4.6 | 96.0 | 22.8 ± 3.5 | <0.001 |
| Inferior coronal wall | 88.0 | 12.3 ± 5.0 | 92.0 | 21.7 ± 4.1 | <0.001 |
| Four‐wall average | 88.0 | 14.6 ± 4.4 | 92.0 | 24.4 ± 3.7 | <0.001 |
| RV‐S’ (cm/s) | |||||
| Lateral wall | 96.0 | 10.0 ± 2.9 | 100.0 | 11.8 ± 2.0 | 0.014 |
| Anterior wall | 100.0 | 10.0 ± 2.6 | 100.0 | 12.0 ± 1.7 | 0.002 |
| Inferior wall | 96.0 | 9.0 ± 2.9 | 96.0 | 10.4 ± 1.6 | 0.06 |
| Inferior coronal wall | 84.0 | 8.7 ± 2.8 | 92.0 | 9.3 ± 1.8 | 0.42 |
| Four‐wall average | 84.0 | 9.5 ± 2.7 | 92.0 | 10.9 ± 1.5 | 0.047 |
| RV‐LS (‐%) | |||||
| Lateral wall | 80.0 | −12.1 ± 4.2 | 92.0 | −27.1 ± 7.0 | <0.001 |
| Anterior wall | 44.0 | −12.5 ± 6.1 | 64.0 | −24.4 ± 4.2 | <0.001 |
| Inferior wall | 60.0 | −12.6 ± 4.8 | 88.0 | −22.6 ± 3.9 | <0.001 |
| Inferior CV wall | 32.0 | −12.1 ± 4.1 | 68.0 | −19.7 ± 4.9 | 0.001 |
Data presented as mean ± SD.
Abbreviations: TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; RV‐S’, tricuspid annular systolic velocity by tissue Doppler imaging; RV‐LS, right ventricular wall longitudinal strain.