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Table 3 Comparison of volumetric parameters and measures of contractility as determined by left ventricular angiography and transpulmonary thermodilution

From: Validation of transpulmonary thermodilution variables in hemodynamically stable patients with heart diseases

 

Normal left ventricular end-diastolic volume

n = 14

Enlarged left ventricular end-diastolic volume

n = 15

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Left ventricular end-diastolic volume [ml] (left ventricular angiography)

94 ± 28

203 ± 52

<0.0001

Global end-diastolic volume index (GEDVI) [ml m−2]

848 ± 128

882 ± 213

0.60

 

Normal left ventricular ejection fraction

n = 18

Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction

n = 11

 

Left ventricular ejection fraction [%] (left ventricular angiography)

67 ± 7

33 ± 13

<0.0001

Global ejection fraction (GEF) [%]

22 ± 4

21 ± 6

0.66

Cardiac function index (CFI) [min−1]

3.7 ± 0.7

3.5 ± 0.9

0.61

  1. Values are given as mean ± SD