Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia

Correlation Between Tissue Doppler Imaging Method (E/e′) and Invasive Measurements of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression

J Cardiothorac Vasc AnesthPublished Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Authors' conclusion

The E/e' ratio moderately correlated with PCWP/LVEDP.

Study context

Population
Adult patients in ICU or cardiac ICU94 studies
Comparison
Echocardiographic E/e' ratio vs invasive LV filling pressures
Outcome
Correlation of E/e' with PCWP
Methodological detailsmeta-regression
  • Meta-regression

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

Pooled correlation with pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP)

0.48

95% CI 0.42–0.54

Further pooled results

Pooled correlation with left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP)
0.50 (95% CI 0.38-0.60)
  • Q = 210.91, I2 = 89.1%

Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.

Original publication

Correlation Between Tissue Doppler Imaging Method (E/e′) and Invasive Measurements of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 13 August 2024. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2024.08.014

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