Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and parameters measured by transthoracic echocardiography
Variablea | All cases (n = 50) | TR ≤ mild (n = 34) | TR ≥ moderate (n = 16) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients’ characteristics | ||||
Age (y) | 73.6 ± 9.2 | 72.3 ± 10.2 | 76.5 ± 5.7 | 0.066 |
Male sex, n (%) | 31 (62.0) | 22 (64.7) | 9 (56.3) | 0.566 |
BSA (cm2) | 1.59 ± 0.16 | 1.60 ± 0.15 | 1.57 ± 0.19 | 0.569 |
Transthoracic echocardiography | ||||
EF (%) | 64.3 ± 10.1 | 63.5 ± 10.8 | 65.9 ± 8.6 | 0.574 |
AOD (mm) | 33.7 ± 5.2 | 33.9 ± 5.4 | 33.3 ± 5.1 | 0.702 |
LAD (mm) | 43.3 ± 9.2 | 40.7 ± 8.0 | 48.9 ± 9.4 | 0.003 |
LVDd (mm) | 48.3 ± 7.5 | 48.2 ± 7.7 | 48.4 ± 7.2 | 0.851 |
LVDs (mm) | 31.8 ± 9.2 | 32.5 ± 9.1 | 30.4 ± 9.6 | 0.956 |
IVSTD (mm) | 10.6 ± 1.9 | 11.1 ± 2.0 | 9.6 ± 1.4 | 0.013 |
PWTD (mm) | 10.2 ± 1.7 | 10.5 ± 1.7 | 9.5 ± 1.5 | 0.072 |
EDV (mL) | 99.9 ± 36.6 | 106.5 ± 37.1 | 86.4 ± 32.3 | 0.071 |
ESV (mL) | 37.7 ± 23.6 | 41.5 ± 26.5 | 29.7 ± 13.3 | 0.090 |
Af rhythm, n (%) | 11 (22.0) | 5 (14.7) | 6 (37.5) | 0.070 |
Asynergy, n (%) | 4 (8.0) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (18.8) | 0.055 |
TA (mm) | 31.8 ± 6.1 | 29.1 ± 4.0 | 36.0 ± 6.4 | < 0.001 |
VC (mm) | 5.8 ± 4.2 | 3.4 ± 1.0 | 8.1 ± 4.8 | < 0.001 |
JA (cm2) | 6.0 ± 6.3 | 1.7 ± 0.9 | 10.0 ± 6.6 | < 0.001 |
TAPSE | 19.9 ± 3.7 | 20.5 ± 3.6 | 19.0 ± 3.8 | 0.188 |
FAC (%) | 38.6 ± 7.2 | 39.5 ± 4.8 | 37.0 ± 10.7 | 0.472 |
RVP (mmHg) | 30.7 ± 10.9 | 25.9 ± 6.7 | 41.6 ± 10.7 | < 0.001 |
RAP (mmHg) | 6.5 ± 3.4 | 5.3 ± 1.8 | 9.2 ± 4.7 | 0.001 |
IVC (mm) | 16.4 ± 4.6 | 15.0 ± 3.2 | 19.5 ± 5.7 | 0.008 |