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Table 1

From: External cardiac pressures and the left ventricular pressure-volume relationship

 

Pleural Intervention

Pericardial infusion

 

Control

Insufflation

Control

±6 mmHg

EDV (ml)

85 + 10

54 + 4

86 + 13

62 + 11

EDP (mmHg)

13 + 2

12 + 0.2

13 + 1

13 + 1

ESV (ml)

42 + 6

22 + 3

47 + 7

33 + 6

ESP (mmHg)

90 + 3

70 + 14

88 + 3

47 + 5

Pericardial pressure (mmHg)

0.8 ± 1.3

5.1 ± 1.8

-0.6 ± 1.1

6.4 ± 0.7

dP/dt max (ms)

1557 + 152

1581 + 453

1622 + 260

809 + 63

Ees (mmHg/ml)

1.24 + 0.2

1.72 + 0.3

1.25 + 0.2

2.26 + 0.9

PRSW (mmHg ml/ml)

50 + 4.1

60.1 + 11.3

51.6 + 4.4

43.6 + 6.2

PWRmax/EDV2 (dE/dt)

3.1 + 0.8

6.6 + 2.0

3.0 + 0.8

2.5 + 0.6