Table 4 Correlations with PASP during peak exercise.

From: Predictors of Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Asymptomatic Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Mechanistic Insights from 2D Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography

Variable

Correlation with PASP during peak exercise

R

P value

Age

0.38

<0.001

Resting

 Heart rate

0.03

0.78

 SBP

0.04

0.76

 DBP

0.13

0.28

 LVESVI

0.18

0.12

 LVEDVI

0.14

0.25

 LVEF

0.21

0.07

 E/A ratio

0.12

0.30

 E/E’

0.23

0.05

 EROA

0.03

0.78

 Regurgitant volume

0.04

0.71

 PASP

0.25

0.03

 Stroke volume

0.16

0.17

 Cardiac output

0.19

0.11

 LAD

0.22

0.06

 LAVI

0.21

0.07

 LAS-s

−0.58

<0.001

 LAS-e

−0.38

<0.001

 LAS-a

−0.25

0.03

 LASR-s

−0.47

<0.001

 LASR-e

−0.39

0.001

 LASR-a

−0.23

0.05

Peak exercise

 Heart rate

0.18

0.13

 SBP

0.16

0.17

 DBP

0.09

0.46

 LVESVI

0.01

0.91

 LVEDVI

0.07

0.57

 LVEF

0.20

0.09

 E/A ratio

0.05

0.68

 E/E’

0.31

0.01

 EROA

0.10

0.40

 Regurgitant volume

0.20

0.09

 LAD

0.17

0.14

 LAVI

0.15

0.21

 Stroke volume

0.20

0.08

 Cardiac output

0.10

0.42

Delta (peak exercise – resting)

 ΔEROA

0.14

0.22

 ΔRegurgitant volume

0.14

0.23

 ΔStroke volume

0.09

0.47

 ΔCardiac output

0.01

0.93

  1. Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; EROA, effective regurgitant orifice area; LAD, left atrial diameter; LAS, left atrial strain; LASR, left atrial strain rate; LAVI, left atrial volume index; LVEDVI, left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESVI, left ventricular end-systolic volume index; PASP, pulmonary artery systolic pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.