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Table 3 Right heart catheterization was performed in 7 of the 9 subjects during heart failure evaluation for pre-operative planning for LVAD or heart transplantation

From: Right ventricular functional analysis utilizing first pass radionuclide angiography for pre-operative ventricular assist device planning: a multi-modality comparison

Patient

MRI RVEF (%)

CVP (mmHg)

MPAP (mmHg)

RVSWI – thermodilution (gm-m/m2/beat)

Days between RHC and MRI Exams

1

23

20

44.67

13.92

117

2

43

12

27.33

17.21

49

3

27

–

–

–

–

4

25

9

26.67

14.12

2

5

34

10

41.67

24.29

22

6

16

8

12.67

7.97

0

7

32

–

–

–

–

8

31

25

45.33

12.17

11

9

24

12

37.00

9.64

125

  1. While patients demonstrated abnormal RV function ranging from mild to severe, RHC parameters used to predict postoperative RVF (i.e., central venous pressure (CVP), mean pulmonary pressure (MPAP), and right ventricular stroke work index (RVSWI)) demonstrated abnormal values in 6 of the 7 patients evaluated with RHC. Italicized values are within normal limits
  2. Normal values: CVP = 3 - 8 mmHg, MPAP = < 25 mmHg, RVSWI = 5 - 10 g-m/m2/beat
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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