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Table 3 Right atrial (RA) and right ventricular (RV) strain parameters

From: Associations of 2D speckle tracking echocardiography-based right heart deformation parameters and invasively assessed hemodynamic measurements in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Parameter

All (n = 78)

PH (n = 45)

Non-PH (n = 33)

p-value

RA strain parameters

 RAS, %

19.5 (10.4–26.9)

14.8 (7.5–26.3)

21.3 (15.3–29.9)

0.060

 Conduit function, %*

10.0 (5.8–14.7)

7.5 (3.7–14.7)

11.7 (7.6–15.6)

0.063

 Contractile function, %*

11.8 (8.4–15.8)

11.1 (5.3–13.9)

13.5 (9.2–16.5)

0.870

RV strain parameters

 RVS, %

−12.3 ± 6.5

−11.5 ± 6.3

−13.6 ± 6.8

0.196

 Basal strain, %

−21.4 ± 9.3

−20.4 ± 10.7

− 23.0 ± 6.1

0.210

 Mid strain, %

−19 ± 7.3

−17.4 ± 7.8

− 21.6 ± 5.5

0.019

 Apical strain, %

− 9.3 (− 16.9 - -5.9)

−8.8 (− 15.2 - -5.8)

−11.1 (− 18.7 - -6.6)

0.350

 Free Wall, %

−17.2 ± 6.5

−16.15 ± 7.1

−19.0 ± 4.8

0.072

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or median with IQR. PH, pulmonary hypertension; RAS, mean right atrial reservoir strain; RVS, mean right ventricular strain; * = atrial fibrillation, RA conduit and contraction function was only calculated for 59 patients (PH n = 30, non-PH n = 29).