Patient no. | Echo systolic PAP (mm Hg) | Catheter laboratory systolic PAP (mm Hg) | Ambulatory catheter systolic PAP (mm Hg) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 40 | 34 | 37 |
2 | 70 | 65 | 59 |
3 | 68 | 90 | 101 |
4 | 88 | 90 | 117 |
5 | 100 | 85 | 98 |
6 | 70 | 90 | 99 |
Mean (SD) | 72.7 (20.4) | 75.8 (22.6) | 85.2 (30.4) |
The lying awake value from the micromanometer tipped pulmonary artery catheter was chosen because that is the posture in which conventional cardiac catheterisation measurements are made.