Portal vein pulsatility index is a more important indicator than congestion index in the clinical evaluation of right heart function

Table 1 Clinical and biochemical data in patients with heart failure (mean¡ÀSD)

	Controls	RA < 10 mmHg	RA ¡Ý 10 mmHg
Gender (M/F)	10/10	4/6	5/5
Age (yr)	46 ± 12	50 ± 13	47 ± 19
Total protein (g/dL)	7.5 ± 0.6	7.1 ± 0.8	6.9 ± 1.1
Albumin (g/dL)	4.3 ± 0.2	3.9 ± 0.7	3.7 ± 0.5
Total serum bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.9 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.8	1.4 ± 0.8
AST (U/L)	21 ± 6	31 ± 11	59 ± 291b
ALT (U/L)	24 ± 6	23 ± 8	35 ± 20
Prolonged prothrombin time (s)	-	1.1 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 0.8

RA, right atrial pressure ;

¹P=0.009 vs patients with RA < 10 mmHg and

^bP<0.001 vs controls.