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6MWD increased in all three groups after PH specific vasodilatory therapy. Arterial oxygen saturation did not change from baseline to follow-up, while the moderately reduced DLCO group had a lower arterial oxygen saturation after exercise compared to the severely reduced DLCO and preserved DLCO group (Figure 4).
Figure 3: Cardiac response to treatment. LVEDV = left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVESVI = left ventricular end-systolic volume index; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; RVEDVI = right ventricular end-diastolic volume index; RVESVI = right ventricular end-systolic volume index; RVEF = right ventricular ejection fraction. Data is presented as mean ± SEM.
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