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Table 3 Echocardiographic-derived cardiac output, cardiac index and pulmonary vascular resistance

From: Exercise echocardiography for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: a systematic review

First author

Resting CO (L.min1)

Exercise CO (L.min1)

Resting CI (L.min1.m2)

Exercise CI (L.min1.m2)

Resting PVR (WU)

Exercise PVR (WU)

Huez

 Total

3.0

8.7

   

2.9

D’Alto

 Total

  

3.0

5.8

  

Baptista

 Total

3.6

9.2

    

 sPAP <50 mmHg

3.8*

8.5

    

 sPAP ≥50 mmHg

5.1*

9.9

    

Suzuki

 Total

5.5

7.6

  

1.7

1.9

 sPAP <50 mmHg

5.5

7.6

  

1.6*

1.8*

 sPAP ≥50 mmHg

5.5

7.6

  

1.9*

2.3*

Voilliot

 Total

3.7

7.2

  

1.9

2.5

 sPAP ≥50 mmHg

3.9

7.7

  

1.4*

2.1*

 sPAP >50 mmHg

3.5

6.5

  

2.6*

3.6*

Gargani

 sPAP <50 mmHg

  

2.5

4.6

1.7

2.0*

 sPAP ≥50 mmHg

  

2.7

4.9

1.7

2.3*

  1. Results are presented as means. *Comparison between patients with maximum exercise-induced systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (sPAP) <50 mmHg and ≥50 mmHg statistically significantly different (p < 0.05). CI cardiac index, CO cardiac output, PVR pulmonary vascular resistance, WU Wood units
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