Table 3 Right ventricle conventional echocardiography and tissue Doppler data

RA area (cm²)

12.9 ± 2.0

13.0 ± 2.4

12.5 ± 1.9

12.7 ± 1.7

RVED diameter (mm)

38.8 ± 5.0

40.5 ± 5.7

39.0 ± 4.4

40.7 ± 4.5#

RV FS (%)

46 ± 5

44 ± 5

43 ± 5

44 ± 4

TAPSE (mm)

24.5 ± 2.4

22.5 ± 2.5***

22.4 ± 2.2

22.8 ± 2.1**

Doppler data

 Tricuspid E velocity (cm.s⁻¹)

45.1 ± 7.4

46.1 ± 8.0

46.4 ± 8.0

46.6 ± 8.3

 Tricuspid A velocity (cm.s⁻¹)

29.2 ± 5.9

33.1 ± 7.5*

33.0 ± 8.0

29.2 ± 5.1#

 Tricuspid E/A

1.6 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.3*

1.4 ± 0.31

1.6 ± 0.40##

 Pulmonary acceleration time (ms)

157 ± 28

151 ± 30

150 ± 30

154 ± 20

Estimated mean PA pressure (mmHg)

8.4 ± 12.8

10.8 ± 13.6

9.5 ± 12.7

8.7 ± 11.2

Tissue Doppler imaging

 S_tri (cm.s⁻¹)

13.5 ± 2.3

12.6 ± 2.0*

12.2 ± 2.0

11.9 ± 1.6**

 E_tri (cm.s⁻¹)

12.6 ± 2.3

11.3 ± 2.3*

11.6 ± 2.2

11.0 ± 2.3*

 A_tri (cm.s⁻¹)

14.4 ± 2.3

14.2 ± 2.4

14.1 ± 2.6

13.3 ± 3.0*

 E_tri/A_tri

0.87 ± 0.2

0.82 ± 0.2

0.85 ± 0.2

0.88 ± 0.2

 Tricuspid E/E_tri

3.7 ± 0.8

4.2 ± 1.1*

4.1 ± 1.0

4.3 ± 1.2*

 IVRT (ms)

16.3 ± 15.9

41.1 ± 26.0***

39.6 ± 23.1

33.8 ± 21.9***