Research Article

Acute and Long-Term Hemodynamic Effects of MitraClip Implantation on a Preexisting Secondary Right Heart Failure

Table 2

All measured echocardiographic parameters are shown as median and interquartile range in brackets.

VariableBaselineDischarge value12 months value

RVD1 (cm)4.27 (3.84; 4.59)4.47 (3.91; 4.63)0.164.48 (3.94; 4.59)0.20
RVD2 (cm)2.40 (2.07; 2.78)2.58 (2.21; 2.99)0.142.45 (2.20; 2.71)0.38
RVD3 (cm)6.03 (5.38; 6.70)6.08 (5.47; 6.66)0.895.97 (5.30; 6.55)0.36
RV area 19.8 (15.8; 23.4)22.7 (17.0; 23.4)0.3919.7 (15.1; 22.1)0.58
RAD (cm)4.44 (3.88; 4.90)4.45 (3.91; 4.80)0.904.45 (4.00; 4.71)0.71
RA area 25.0 (21.2; 28.3)25.6 (20.7; 28.8)0.3524.9 (20.9; 27.8)0.37
IVC diameter (cm)1.84 (1.55; 2.12)1.86 (1.39; 2.21)0.681.99 (1.74; 2.30)0.16
RVOT (cm)3.52 (3.09; 3.90)3.44 (2.95; 3.85)0.573.39 (3.13; 3.60)0.01
TADes (cm)3.13 (2.81; 3.38)3.11 (2.85; 3.41)0.753.21 (2.99; 3.50)0.31
TADed (cm)3.95 (3.59; 4.30)4.04 (3.78; 4.34)0.154.03 (3.60; 4.30)0.70
Vena contracta (cm)0.88 (0.65; 1.02)0.82 (0.59; 0.89)0.060.77 (0.61; 0.93)0.01
Vmax TR (m/s)4.17 (3.51; 4.73)3.11 (2.78; 3.42)0.0013.09 (2.77; 3.27)0.001
Peak TR (mmHg)48.5 (41.2; 56.0)39.3 (30.8; 46.4)0.00138.6 (30.7; 42.5)0.001
PAPsyst (mmHg)58.6 (52.1; 66.3)50.0 (39.5; 57.5)0.0447.4 (39.5; 54.3)0.03
TR area 9.2 (4.9; 11.4)9.0 (4.6; 11.3)0.548.5 (5.0; 10.3)0.69
TAPSE (mm)16.5 (13.0; 20.1)18.1 (15.0; 21.0)0.00218.9 (17.0; 21.3)0.001