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Table 1 The patient characteristics

From: Estimation of cardiac output in patients with congestive heart failure by analysis of right ventricular pressure waveforms

 

Patient No

Age (years)

Body Surface Area (m 2 )

Cardiac Output* (L/min)

NYHA Class

LVEF (%)

Aetiology

Group I

1

71

1.75

5.9

III

35

Ischemic

 

2

67

2.42

4.1

III

17

Ischemic

 

3

67

1.83

3.6

III

17

Ischemic

 

4

60

1.75

3.3

III

20

Ischemic

 

5

76

1.66

3.3

III

23

Ischemic

 

6

79

1.81

4.8

II

40

Ischemic

Group II

7

70

2.01

5.8

III

25

Ischemic

 

8

52

2.17

4.1

III

25

Ischemic

 

9

61

2.23

6.0

III

20

Ischemic

 

10

68

2.01

5.2

II

20

Ischemic

 

11

63

2.19

4.3

II

30

Ischemic

 

12

56

2.26

4.0

II

15

Ischemic

Group III

13

53

2.60

7.5

II

15

Idiopathic

 

14

53

1.89

8.3

II

30

Ischemic

 

15

66

2.00

4.1

II

30

Ischemic

 

16

67

2.17

4.6

II

20

Ischemic

 

Mean ± SD

64 ± 8

2.01 ± 0.26

4.9 ± 1.4

2.1 ± 0.5

24 ± 7

 
  1. * cardiac output measured at supine rest using breath-by-breath Fick (Groups I and II) and direct Fick (Group III) technique. NYHA = New York Heart Association, LVEF = Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by echocardiography.