Clinical impact of portal vein pulsatility on the prognosis of hospitalized patients with acute heart failure

Table 1 Patients’ baseline characteristics

Characteristic	HF	Control	P value
No. of patients	56	17
Age (yr)	78.1 ± 13.1	70.3 ± 12.8	0.03
Male	36 (66)	12 (70)	0.85
Body mass index (kg/m2)	22.8 ± 4.5	24.4 ± 3.7	0.18
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	138.9 ± 33.3	132.2 ± 26.2	0.45
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	84.1 ± 22.3	87 ± 21.3	0.18
Duration of hospital stay (d)	16.9 ± 8.5	8.1 ± 5.2	< 0.01
NYHA classification
Class II	1 (2)	-	-
Class III	35 (65)	-	-
Class IV	13 (24)	-	-
Atrial fibrillation	29 (51)	0 (0)	-
Etiology of HF
Ischemic cardiomyopathy	13 (23)	-	-
Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy	14 (25)	-	-
Valvar heart disease	11 (20)	-	-
Other	18 (32)	-	-
History of HF	18 (32)	-	-
In-hospital death	0 (0)	0 (0)	-

Data are n (%) or mean ± SD. HF: Heart failure; NYHA: New York Heart Association.