Previous work has shown the positive correlation of echocardiographic right ventricular preejection period/right ventricular ejection time ratio (RPEP/RVET) with pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary arterial diastolic pressure obtained at cardiac catheterization. However, the correlation was insufficient to predict pulmonary arterial diastolic pressure or vascular resistance from a given RPEP/RVET ratio. In this study the RPEP/RVET ratio was compared with left ventricular preejection period/ejection time ratio (LVEP/LVET) in 25 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, and a strong correlation was found between the ratio (RPEP/RVET)/(LPEP/LVET) = R/L and the ratio of pulmonary arteriolar resistance/systemic arteriolar resistance (PAR/RS), especially when R/L was correlated with log10 PAR/RS (r = 0.902). A very high correlation (r = 0.960) was found between R/L and log10 PAR/RS when the group was restricted to patients with a ventricular septal defect or a complete endocardial cushion defect. Regression equations for prediction of PAR/RS have been derived for the various groups.
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