Table 2 Measured and calculated parameters.

From: Assessment of hemodynamic responses to exercise in aortic coarctation using MRI-ergometry in combination with computational fluid dynamics

Parameter

Rest (n = 20)

Exercise (n = 20)

P value

Watt

 

83.5 ± 37.8

 < 0.001

Right arm blood pressure systolic (mmHg)

128.5 ± 21.5

158.7 ± 34

0.002

Right arm blood pressure diastolic (mmHg)

64.8 ± 9.1

78.8 ± 19.2

0.01

Heart rate (bpm)

72.9 ± 14.2

107.4 ± 12.4

 < 0.001

Stroke volume index (ml/m2)

50.6 ± 6

52.2 ± 6.1

0.28

Volume flow rate ascending aorta (ml/s)

407.0 ± 87.3

494.4 ± 146.5

 < 0.001

Volume flow rate descending aorta (ml/s)

225.5 ± 76.7

274.8 ± 83.6

0.002

Cardiac index (l/min/m2)

3.7 ± 0.8

5.6 ± 0.9

 < 0.001

Pressure gradient (mmHg)

17.99 ± 16.61

28.45 ± 22.56

 < 0.001

SFD ascending aorta

0.46 ± 0.39

0.42 ± 0.31

0.14

SFD descending aorta

0.5 ± 0.45

0.58 ± 0.66

0.53

NFD ascending aorta

0.08 ± 0.06

0.08 ± 0.06

0.86

NFD descending aorta

0.11 ± 0.06

0.12 ± 0.06

0.53

WSS (Pa)

20.33 ± 12.20

25.37 ± 14.84

0.01

  1. Values are mean ± SD or numbers (%). Differences between rest and exercise were compared using paired t-tests for normally distributed data and Wilcoxon signed-rank test for non-normally distributed data.
  2. SFD secondary flow degree, NFD normalized flow displacement, WSS wall shear stress.