Research Article

Clinical and Instrumental Characteristics of Newly Diagnosed Patients with Various Forms of Pulmonary Hypertension according to the Russian National Registry

Table 8

Echocardiography parameters in patients with PAH and CTEPH.

ParametersPatient groupsControl group
PAH IPAH PAH-CTD PAH-CHD PoPH CTEPH

sPAP (mmHg)78.0 [70.0; 104.0]^85 [67; 103]^1.570 [65; 87]^483 [55; 101]^575.0 [69; 90]^484 [71; 101]^
RAS (cm)19 [15; 26]^421 [18; 27]^1.4.518 [16; 23]^22 [17; 28]^3.517 [16; 25]^424 [20; 32]^11.0 [10.0; 13.0]
Front-rear RV size (cm)3.7 [3.2; 4.3]^4.1 [3.9; 4.5]^1.53.6 [3.9; 4.1]^44.2 [3.9; 4.5]^3.7 [3.2; 4.2]43.9 [3.2; 4.6]2.9 [2.7; 3.1]
RV AWT (cm)^^51.4^3.5^^
TAPSE (cm)1.7 [1.5; 2.0]^1.6 [1.4; 1.9]^51.5 [1.3; 1.8]^51.8 [1.6; 2.0]^41.9 [1.7; 2.2]41.4 [1.3; 1.5]^2.2 [1.9; 2.4]
Fractional area change (RVFAC) (%)29.0 [23.0; 31.0]^426.0 [22.0; 31.5]^526.2 [23.8; 29.0]^532.0 [28.0; 33.0]^2.3.435.2 [30.0; 37.0]^424.7 [22.4; 29.0]^45.0 [44.0; 46.0]
LV diastolic eccentricity index1.3 [1.0; 1.7]^1.4 [1.2; 1.6]^1.51.2 [1.0; 1.3]1.3 [1.1; 1.4]^51.1 [1.0; 1.4]1.4 [1.2; 1.6]^1.0 [1.0; 1.0]
LA (cm)3.4 [3.0; 3.9]43.3 [2.9; 3.7]43.5 [3.1; 3.9]3.7 [3.3; 3.9]^2.53.2 [3.0; 3.5]43.7 [3.4; 4.0]^3.4 [3.2; 3.6]
LVEDd (cm)4.2 [3.8; 4.7]^4.0 [3.4; 4.4]^1.4.54.3 [3.9; 4.7]4.4 [4.00; 4.6]24.3 [3.9; 4.8]4.3 [3.9; 4.6]^4.8 [4.6; 5.0]
Interventricular septum thickness (cm)0.9 [0.85; 1.0]0.9 [0.85; 1.0]1.0 [0.9; 1.1]1.0 [0.9; 1.1]0.9 [0.8; 1.0]1.0 [0.9; 1.1]0.9 [0.85; 1.0]
Ao (cm)3.1 [2.7; 3.4]43.1 [2.8; 3.3]43.1 [3.0; 3.2]43.2 [2.8; 3.5]^3.0 [2.7; 3.1]43.5 [2.7; 4.9]^2.8 [2.6; 3.0)
Pulmonary trunk diameter (cm)3.3 [3.0; 3.9]^3.3 [2.9; 3.7]^1.23.0 [2.9; 3.3]^3.5 [3.3; 4.0]^4.52.8 [2.6; 3.7]^3.2 [2.9; 3.4]^1.7 [1.8; 2.0)
RPA (cm)2.2 [1.9; 2.5]^2.1 [1.9; 2.5]22.0 [1.9; 2.3]^2.3 [2.1; 2.8]^2.3.52.0 [1.9; 2.3]^42.2 [2.0; 2.4]^1.1 [1.0; 1.4]
LPA (cm)2.1 [1.9-2.3]^2.0 [1.8; 2.3]^2.2 [2.0; 2.4]^2.3 [1.9; 2.5]^2.3.51.9 [1.8; 2.2]^42.2 [2.0; 2.4]^1.2 [0.9; 1.5]

Note: Ao: aorta; LA: left atrium; LVEDd: left ventricular end diastolic dimension; RV APD: anteroposterior size of the right ventricle; RVAWT: the thickness of the anterior wall of the right ventricle; RPA: right pulmonary artery; LPA: left pulmonary artery; sPAP: systolic pressure in the pulmonary artery; TAPSE: Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion. ^: vs. the control group ();; 0: p IPAH‐PAH‐CHD <2 p PAH‐CTD‐PAH‐CHD <0.05; 3:vs.; 5:vs..