Table 7.
Correlations between iron turnover, time from diagnosis, number of venesections and 2D STE parameters in HH patients.
| Echocardiographic parameter | Iron | Ferritin | TSAT | Time from diagnosis | Numbers of venesections | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| LADs | 0.11 | 0.414 | 0.058 | 0.669 | 0.161 | 0.239 | 0.189 | 0.16 | 0.164 | 0.224 |
| LAA index (cm2/m2) | −0.001 | 0.996 | 0.032 | 0.820 | −0.025 | 0.863 | 0.295 | 0.032 | 0.336 | 0.014 |
| LAV index (ml/m2) | 0.119 | 0.39 | 0.074 | 0.594 | 0.050 | 0.720 | 0.395 | 0.003 | 0.408 | 0.002 |
| IVS (mm) | 0.035 | 0.797 | 0.278 | 0.036 | −0.009 | 0.949 | 0.522 | 0.001 | 0.342 | 0.009 |
| PW (mm) | 0.212 | 0,114 | 0.282 | 0.033 | 0.007 | 0.96 | 0.496 | 0.001 | 0.419 | 0.001 |
| RWT | 0.200 | 0.136 | 0.244 | 0.067 | 0.004 | 0.975 | 0.259 | 0.051 | 0.247 | 0.064 |
| LVM index (g/m2) | 0.117 | 0.385 | 0.303 | 0.022 | 0.087 | 0.522 | 0.530 | 0.001 | 0.433 | 0.001 |
| Em | −0.005 | 0.971 | −0.101 | 0.459 | −0.147 | 0.284 | −0.414 | 0.001 | −0.399 | 0.002 |
| E/Em | 0.082 | 0.548 | 0.082 | 0.548 | 0.141 | 0.303 | 0.340 | 0.01 | 0.394 | 0.002 |
| LVEDD (mm) | 0.095 | 0.504 | 0.172 | 0.200 | 0.112 | 0.409 | 0.195 | 0.145 | 0.156 | 0.247 |
| LVESD (mm) | 0.090 | 0.481 | −0.051 | 0.706 | −0.004 | 0.977 | 0.211 | 0.115 | 0.084 | 0.535 |
| LVEF (%) | 0.110 | 0.451 | 0.112 | 0.442 | 0.002 | 0.987 | 0.219 | 0.130 | 0.107 | 0.463 |
| RVID (ms) | −0.002 | 0.987 | 0.346 | 0.008 | 0.098 | 0.472 | 0.262 | 0.049 | 0.254 | 0.056 |
| LV basal rotation (°) | 0.226 | 0.107 | 0.035 | 0.81 | 0.129 | 0.365 | −0.302 | 0.03 | −0.21 | 0.135 |
| LV basal rotation velocity (°/s) | 0.14 | 0.324 | −0.057 | 0.689 | 0.094 | 0.514 | −0.279 | 0.045 | −0.2 | 0.156 |
| LV basal untwisting velocity (°/s) | −0.229 | 0.102 | −0.183 | 0.200 | −0.173 | 0.225 | 0.343 | 0.013 | 0.256 | 0.067 |
| LV apical rotation (°) | −0.055 | 0.704 | 0.104 | 0.473 | −0.095 | 0.512 | 0.238 | 0.092 | 0.266 | 0.059 |
| LV apical rotation velocity (°/s) | −0.007 | 0.962 | −0.077 | 0.595 | −0.037 | 0.800 | 0.211 | 0.137 | 0.161 | 0.26 |
| LV apical untwisting velocity (°/s) | 0.071 | 0.621 | 0.098 | 0.500 | 0.122 | 0.4 | −0.144 | 0.315 | −0.29 | 0.84 |
| LV global twist (°) | −0.145 | 0.310 | 0.083 | 0.569 | −0.125 | 0.387 | 0.342 | 0.014 | 0.337 | 0.015 |
| LV torsion (°/cm) | −0.13 | 0.366 | 0.096 | 0.514 | −0.053 | 0.717 | 0.316 | 0.025 | 0.35 | 0.013 |
| LV peak rotation velocity (°/s) | −0.186 | 0.192 | −0.061 | 0.675 | −0.089 | 0.539 | 0.131 | 0.361 | 0.018 | 0.899 |
| LV peak untwisting velocity (°/s) | 0.113 | 0.429 | 0.236 | 0.099 | 0.156 | 0.28 | −0.238 | 0.093 | −0.055 | 0.704 |
| Peak systolic longitudinal strain (%) | −0.026 | 0.848 | −0.016 | 0.907 | 0.061 | 0.659 | 0.261 | 0.052 | 0.154 | 0.256 |
LADs, left atrial diameter; LAA index, left atrium area/m2; LAV index, left atrium volume/m2; IVS, intraventricular septum (mm); PW, posterior wall; RWT, relative wall thickness; LVM index, left ventricle mass/m2; E, early mitral velocity; Em, peak mitral annulus velocity; E/Em, early mitral inflow velocity to peak mitral annulus velocity ratio; LVEDD, left ventricle end-diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricle end-systolic diameter; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; RVID, right ventricle internal diameter; LV, left ventricle.