Baseline patient characteristics

Values are expressed as mean±SD or frequency (%). BSA indicates body surface area; BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease, defined as any degree of coronary lumen diameter narrowing; ≥2 vessels, affecting two or three coronary arteries; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NYHA, New York Heart Association; AV, aortic valve; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle; EDD, end-diastolic diameter from the apical 4-chamber view; LA, left atrial longitudinal diameter from the apical 4-chamber view; RA, right atrial longitudinal diameter from the apical 4-chamber view; IVS, interventricular septal thickness by M-Mode from the parasternal short-axis view; sPAP, systolic pulmonary artery pressure. Baseline patient characteristics