Postoperative Echocardiographic Reduction of Right Ventricular Function: Is Pericardial Opening Modality the Main Culprit?

Table 1

Clinical and echocardiographic groups’ baseline characteristics.

	Group A ( = 17)	Group B ( = 17)	value
Age, y	54,82 ± 11,98	50,94 ± 12,20	0.12
Male, % ()	76% (13)	82% (14)	0.25
BSA (m^2)	1,90 ± 0,22	1,85 ±  ,18	0.31
NYHA class
I	0	0
II	9	10	0.5
III/IV	8	7	0.43
EuroSCORE 2	0,98%	0,95%	0.42
LVEF	58,6 ± 8.9	59,1 ± 9,1	0.32
TAPSE (mm)	25.8 ± 5,3	23,5 ± 3,4	0.12
PAPs (mmHg)	30,5 ± 2,9	30,9 ± 2,7	0.4
RVEF (3D)	58,2 ± 7.2	57,9 ± 6,6	0.28
RVSV (3D)	58,4 ± 14,2	64,9 ± 12,8	0.09
RVESV (3D)	43,6 ± 17,9	47,7 ± 13,3	0.25
RVEDV (3D)	102 ± 28,6	112,6 ± 21,7	0.08
MVP type
Posterior leaflet prolapse	17	17
Anterior leaflet prolapse	2	1	0.14

EuroSCORE 2: the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (2nd version).
BSA: body surface area; NYHA: New York Heart Association; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; SPAP: systolic pulmonary arterial pressure; RVEF: right ventricular ejection fraction; RVSV: right ventricular stroke volume; RVESV: right ventricular end-systolic volume; RVEDV: right ventricular end-diastolic volume; MVP: mitral valve prolapse.