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Table 1 Right ventricular parameters normalised to body surface area for males

From: Normalized ranges for right ventricular volumes and function in thalassemia major

Males

TM patients Mean ± SD [95% CI]

Controls Mean ± SD [95% CI]

P value

RVEDVI (mL/m2)

97.7 ± 17.1 [92.2-103.2]

88.4 ± 11.2 [83.2-93.7]

0.03

RVESVI (mL/m2)

33.1 ± 8.0 [30.5-35.6]

33.8 ± 5.0 [31.4-36.1]

0.73

RVSVI (mL/m2)

64.4 ± 11.1 [60.9-68.0]

54.7 ± 10.3 [49.9-59.5]

0.002

RVEF (%)

66.2 ± 4.1 [64.8-67.5]

61.6 ± 6.0 [58.8-64.4]

0.001

CO (L/min)

7.8 ± 1.9 [7.2-8.4]

6.6 ± 1.6 [5.8-7.4]

0.02

COI (L/min/m2)

4.7 ± 1.0 [4.4-5.1]

3.4 ± 0.7 [3.0-3.7]

< 0.001

  1. RV: right ventricular. RVEDVI: RV end diastolic volume index. RVESVI: RV end systolic volume index. RVSVI: RV stroke volume index. RVEF: RV ejection fraction. CO: cardiac output. COI: cardiac output index.