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. 2022 Nov 18;18(10):852–861. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00045

Table 1. Baseline characteristics according to TAPSE/PASP.

All n=744 TAPSE/PASP
Tertile 1 n=233 Tertile 2 n=244 Tertile 3 n=267 p-value
Demographic parameters
Age, years 77±9 77±9 77±9 78±8 0.31
Sex female, n (%) 414 (55.7) 141 (60.5) 137 (55.9) 136 (50.9) 0.10
Body surface area, m2 1.87±0.22 1.84±0.24 1.88±0.22 1.86±0.29 0.30
Hypertension, n (%) 581 (78.1) 179 (76.8) 203 (83.2) 199 (74.5) 0.049
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 222 (29.8) 77 (33.0) 80 (32.8) 65 (24.3) 0.048
Coronary artery disease, n (%) 61.4 (457) 158 (67.8) 153 (62.7) 146 (54.7) 0.009
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 505 (67.9) 154 (66.4) 171 (70.1) 181 (67.8) 0.68
Prior pacemaker/ICD/CRT, n (%) 288 (38.7) 98 (42.1) 100 (41.0) 90 (33.7) 0.11
Prior cardiac surgery, n (%) 206 (27.7) 90 (38.6) 72 (29.5) 44 (16.5) <0.001
NT-pro-BNP, pg/ml 2971 [1525, 6345] 4295* [2225, 8958] 2932 [1773, 6115] 1972 [949, 4517] <0.001
Estimated GFR, ml/min/1.73m2 47.5±20.6 46.3±21.3 48.5±19.8 47.6±20.8 0.48
Logistic EuroSCORE, % 22.1 [10.1, 31.1] 22.1* [13.3, 39.4] 17.4* [10.6, 28.7] 13.2* [8.1, 24.9] <0.001
NYHA III/IV, n (%) 604 (81.2) 193 (83.2) 200 (82.0) 211 (79.0) 0.47
Echocardiographic parameters
LV ejection fraction, % 44.5±15.3 40.1±15.2* 44.7±15.3* 48.2±14.4* <0.001
LV end-diastolic volume, ml 143.8±69.3 150.7±66.4 141.0±60.0 142.7±76.5 0.26
LV end-systolic volume, ml 86.0±57.5 95.4±57.7$ 84.2±52.1 79.4±61.4 0.007
LA volume, ml 107.8±61.3 118.1±75.6$ 108.1±55.2 98.7±51.3 0.004
Functional MR, n (%) 430 (57.8) 151 (64.8) 144 (59.0) 135 (50.6) 0.005
MR moderate-to-severe/severe, n (%) 634 (85.2) 192 (84.6) 205 (84.7) 237 (88.8) 0.29
TAPSE/PASP 0.43±0.25 0.23±0.05* 0.36±0.04* 0.67±0.28* <0.001
PASP, mmHg 48.3±16.8 63.3±15.3* 48.6±10.6* 34.8±10.3* <0.001
TAPSE, mm 17.9±5.1 14.2±3.6* 17.6±4.0* 21.3±4.9* <0.001
RV fractional area change, % 38.2±11.9 33.5±11.5* 37.8±11.1* 42.6±11.4* <0.001
RV end-diastolic area, mm2 21.3±7.6 22.8±7.4$ 21.5±7.2 20.0±7.8 <0.001
Procedural parameters
Number of clips implanted 1.5±0.6 1.5±0.6 1.4±0.6 1.5±0.7 0.15
Post-procedural MR ≤moderate 684 (91.9) 215 (92.3) 222 (91.0) 247 (92.5) 0.80
Post-procedural transmitral pressure gradient, mmHg 3.9±1.8 3.7±1.8 4.0±1.8 3.9±1.7 0.12
*p<0.05 vs All by Tukey’s test. $p<0.05 vs Tertile 3 by Tukey’s test. CI: confidence interval; CRT: cardiac resynchronisation therapy; GFR: glomerular filtration ratio; HR: hazard ratio; ICD: intracardiac defibrillator; LA: left atrial; LV: left ventricular; MR: mitral regurgitation; NYHA: New York Heart Association; PASP: pulmonary artery systolic pressure; RV: right ventricular; TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; TR: tricuspid regurgitation