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Clinical Study

Clinical and Electrocardiographic Evaluation of Sickle-Cell Anaemia Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension

Table 4

Clinical and electrocardiographic parameters; association with pulmonary hypertension.
ParametersFrequency (%) ๐œ’ 2 ๐‘ƒ value
Increased PAP ( ๐‘› = 2 6 )Normal PAP ( ๐‘› = 3 6 )
Male gender12 (46.15)19 (52.78)0.2650.797
Female gender14 (53.85)17 (47.22)
Loud P223 (88.46)29 (80.56)0.4985a
LVH12 (46.15)32 (88.89)13.382<0.001*
LAE9 (34.62)14 (38.89)0.1180.794
RVH13 (50.00)5 (13.89)7.8830.005*
* Statistically significant (2 sided), a Fisherโ€™s exact test, P2 = pulmonary component of second heart sound, LVH = left ventricular hypertrophy, LAE = left atrial enlargement, and RVH = right ventricular hypertrophy.