Table 2 Echocardiographic measurements in BACCARAT protocol

- Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction measured using Simpson’s biplane method

- Left ventricular end-diastolic volume measured using Simpson’s biplane method

- Left ventricular end-systolic volume measured using Simpson’s biplane method

- Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter measured using M-mode

- Left ventricular mass measured according to ASE/EAE guidelines

- Global and segmental longitudinal strain

- Global and segmental longitudinal strain rate

- Global and segmental radial strain rate

- Global and segmental radial strain rate

- E/A wave ratio

- E/Ea wave ratio (lateral annulus)

- TAPSE (tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion)

- Tricuspid annular S wave

- Systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (based on a measure assuming a right atrial pressure of 5 mmHg)

- Left ventricular outflow tract diameter

- Left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral

- Heart rate

- Cardiac output measured by multiplying heart rate by stroke volume