Table 1.
Demographic, invasive haemodynamic and corrected MR indices in age matched males and female patients with IPAH.
Fig 1.
Bar charts showing reduced right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) and right ventricular stroke volume (RVESV) in male patients with IPAH.
No significant (NS) difference between right ventricular end diastolic mass or pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) between males and females. RVEF, RVSV and RVEDM corrected for age, sex (presented as % predicted)
Table 2.
Corrected RVEDV, RVEF and RV mass indices in age matched males and female patients with IPAH, correction using Kawut reference data[17].
Table 3.
Comparison of cardiac volume mass and function between women above 50 (N = 30) and below or equal to the age of 50 (N = 10) with IPAH.
Fig 2.
Kaplan Meier plot showing the prognostic significance of sex in age matched patients with IPAH.