Echocardiographic Findings and Their Impact on Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients with AIDS in the Era of HAART

Table 3

Echocardiogram findings.

Pericardial effusion, number (%)^†	14 (22)
Moderate size	1 (7)
Small size	13 (93)
Pulmonary HTN, number (%)^†	25 (40)
Estimated PA systolic pressure mm Hg, mean ± SD	45±12
TR jet velocity m/sec, mean ± SD	2.9±0.3
RA dilatation, number (%)^†	16 (26)
Mild	14 (87)
Marked	2 (13)
Right ventricular enlargement, number (%)^†	11 (18)
Mild	9 (82)
Moderate	2 (18)
Right ventricular dysfunction, number (%)^†	2 (4)
Mild	1 (50)
Severe	1 (50)
LA size in cm, mean ± SD	3.7±0.7
LA dilation, number (%)^†	19 (31)
Mild	11 (58)
Moderate	6 (32)
Severe	2 (10)
LV size in cm, mean ± SD
End systolic	3.4±1.1
End diastolic	4.8±0.8
LV ejection fraction (LVEF) %, mean ± SD	51±19
LV fractional shortening %, mean ± SD	33±11
LV dysfunction, number (%)^†	31 (50)
Mildly depressed LVEF	6 (19)
Moderately depressed LVEF	8 (26)
Severely depressed LVEF	8 (26)
Hyperkinetic	8 (25)
Diastolic dysfunction	1 (3)

PA: pulmonary artery, TR: tricuspid regurgitation, LA: left atrium, and LV: left ventricle.
^†Some patients had more than one echocardiographic finding.