Table 3.

Blood gas analysis and comparison of TTE indexes in 39 patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism ($\overline{X}\pm S$).

	With RVD n = 18	Without RVD n = 21
Blood gas analysis:
P a O 2(mmHg)	59.5 ± 16.31	74.5±19.5∗
(A − a)DO2(mmHg)	47.36±15.15	32.8±18.06∗
PCO 2(mmHg)	35.5±7.52	34.97±4.44
Echocardiogram:
RVEDD (mm)	29.88±5.94	20.97±2.25∗∗
LVEDD (mm)	37.55±5.55	42.65±3.06∗
RA (mm)	47.13±12.69	33.25±4.03∗∗
LA (mm)	31.16±7.88	33.06±4.44
V p (m/s)	3.76±0.87	2.39±0.55∗
RVEDD/LVEDD	0.85±0.24	0.46±0.09∗
SPAP (mmHg)	57.14±24.05	25.17±5.9∗