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Table 3 Linear correlation between the values of pulsed-wave Doppler parameters and invasive PAOP according to LV systolic function in patients enrolled in protocol A

From: Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in ventilated patients: a transoesophageal study

 

LV systolic dysfunction (n = 7)

 

Preserved LV systolic function (n = 49)

 

Pulsed-wave Doppler indices

Spearman rho coefficient

p Value

Spearman rho coefficient

p Value

E/A

1.00

0.025

0.26

0.090

DTE

-0.94

0.035

-0.08

0.580

AFF

-0.94

0.035

-0.25

0.090

S/D

-0.96

0.018

-0.22

0.130

SF

-0.86

0.036

-0.31

0.034

  1. Abbreviations: AFF, atrial filling fraction; DTE, deceleration time of early diastolic mitral E wave; LV, left ventricle; PAOP, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure; SF, systolic fraction.
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