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Table 3 Aortic and vena cava length and volume derived from CT scans and physiologic values from transpulmonary thermodilution measurements

From: Aortic volume determines global end-diastolic volume measured by transpulmonary thermodilution

 

All

Female patients

Male patients

n (%)

103 (100)

38 (36.9)

65 (63.1)

Aortic length, cm

55.2 (51.0–60.2)

50.8 (47.5–56.6)

56.4 (53.8–61.5)

Aortic volume, ml

194 (147–249)

158 (126–207)

213 (169–287)

Vena cava length (femoral CVC), cm

32.1 (27.8–33.4)

32.5 (31.1–38.1)

28.6 (21.5–32.6)

Vena cava volume (femoral CVC), ml

127 (93–155)

162 (150–188)

98 (77–122)

HR, 1/min

86 (74–103)

84 (74–100)

89 (71–105)

MAP, mmHg

83 (73–93)

84 (74–96)

83 (72–92)

CO, l/min

6.4 (5.3–7.8)

5.6 (4.9–6.8)

6.8 (5.8–8.2)

CI, l/min/m2

3.3 (2.8–4.0)

3.1 (2.6–3.9)

3.4 (2.9–4.2)

GEDV, ml

1306 (1104–1569)

1129 (990–1283)

1437 (1169–1658)

GEDVI, ml/m2

730 (627–871)

709 (627–840)

738 (628–894)

EVLW, ml

603 (510–781)

540 (462–619)

649 (528–829)

EVLWI, ml/kg

9.7 (7.8–11.6)

9.9 (8.7–11.5)

9.3 (7.7–11.7)

MTt, s

20.9 (17.7–27.3)

19.4 (17.4–27.3)

21.1 (17.9–27.4)

DSt, s

8.4 (7.2–11.3)

8.4 (7.2–10.9)

8.5 (7.2–11.3)

  1. CI cardiac index, CO cardiac output, CVC central venous catheter, EVLW extravascular lung water, EVLWI extravascular lung water index, GEDV global end-diastolic volume, GEDVI global end-diastolic volume index, HR heart rate, MAP mean arterial pressure, DSt down slope time, MTt mean transit time. All data is presented as median (interquartile range)