Table 2

Invasive haemodynamic measurements, natriuretic peptides assays and echocardiographic data

AllALTTROther
Right h eart c atheteri ation n = 50 n = 31 n = 17 n = 2
CO, L/min4±14.1±1.23.9±0.73±1.4
CI, L/min/m2 2.2±0.62.3±0.62.2±0.42.1±0.9
Systolic PAP40±1439±1343±1527±4
Mean PAP25±824±926±817±3
PCWP18±817±819±69±1
Natriuretic peptidesn=48n=30n=16n=2
BNP1000 (243–1477)858 (227–1477)721 (252–1255)4798
NT-proBNP10 106 (2935–13 348)13 855 (3315–18 846)3346 (2587–3496)3456
Echocardiographyn=43n=27n=15n=1
LV septum, mm19±220±219±515±7
LV posterior, mm20±221±319±610±1
LVEDD, mm51±555±743±1050±14
LV mass (Penn)345±162299±114441±210297±98
LV mass (ASE)287±130250±91365±169248±78
LVEDV, mL91±3489±3295±4095±22
LVEF, %51±1350±1154±1438±28
GLS, %−10±4−10±4−9±4−11
LA volume, mL47±1647±1746±1441±13
E velocity, cm/s92±2790±2995±2387±2
DT, ms174±59167±58176±44257±138
E/A1.8±0.91.8±0.91.8±0.80.5±0.7
Ea lateral, cm/s5±25±25±26±1
E/Ea lateral18±717±719±822±1
  • ASE, American Society of Echocardiography;BNP, brain natriuretic peptide;CI, cardiac index;CO, cardiac output;DT, deceleration time;E/A, ratio of early (E) and late (A) diastolic mitral inflow velocity; Ea, early lateral mitral annular diastolic velocity; GLS, global longitudinal strain;LA, left atrial;LV, left ventricular;LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter;LVEDV, left ventricular end-diastolic volume;LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction;NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-hormone brain natriuretic peptide;PAP, pulmonary arterial pressure;PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; TTR, transthyretin amyloidosis.