Differences among Patients with RAVI/LAVI Stratified by the Median
As shown in Table 1, type 2 diabetes was less prevalent in patients with RAVI/LAVI above the median (p = 0.048). There was no statistical difference regarding the etiology of HF, home medications, or the use of mechanical support during hospitalization. Patients with a RAVI/LAVI above the median were noted to have a higher admission B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) compared with patients with RAVI/LAVI below the median (p = 0.038). Hemodynamic and echocardiographic profiles stratified by median RAVI/LAVI are shown in Table 3. There was no statistical difference with respect to CVP, PA mean, PCWP, TPG, CI, MAP, LVEF, or RAP/PCWP between the two groups. RAVI was significantly higher in the RAVI/LAVI greater than median group (p=<0.001).