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Clinical characteristics
Age (yr)
Sex (M:F) (n)
Diagnosis (n)
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) (WHO group I) Idiopathic/heritable PAH
Associated with connective tissue disease Associated with congenital heart disease Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
CTEPH (WHO group IV)
Hemodynamic characteristics
Heart rate (beats/min)
Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg) Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (mmHg) Mean right atrial pressure (mmHg) Pulmonary vascular resistance (dyn.s/cm5) Cardiac output (l/min)
Mixed venous O2 saturation (%)
46 ± 15 4: 34
36 24 6 5 1 2
79 ± 18 50 ± 19
8 ± 3
7 ± 4
714 ± 415 5.4 ± 1.7 65 ± 14
Table A: Characteristics of patients with two complete sets of a CMR and echo. Summarized characteristics are from the moment of the first measurement. M = males; F = females; WHO = World Health Organization clinical classification system; CTEPH = Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.