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Table 1 Improvement in the parameters measured by right heart catheterization after surgery

From: A surgical case of solitary severe tricuspid regurgitation mimicking constrictive pericarditis

 

Parameters (mmHg)

PCWP; systolic/diastolic (mean)

PAP; systolic/diastolic (mean)

RAP; systolic/diastolic (mean)

RVP; systolic/diastolic (end-diastolic)

LVP; systolic/diastolic (end-diastolic)

Preoperative*

48/29 (31)

51/24 (34)

47/23 (30)

46/12 (21)

140/13 (25)

Postoperative

 

21/5 (11)a

29/16 (20)

32/18 (18)

 
  1. *Preoperative data indicates the equalization of diastolic pressures in all cardiac chambers
  2. aPAP improved significantly after surgery. We collected postoperative data the day after surgery
  3. PCWP pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, PAP pulmonary artery pressure, RAP right atrial pressure, RVP right ventricular pressure, LVP left ventricular pressure