Table 3.

Findings from global and regional longitudinal strain obtained from apical 2 chamber view, apical 3 chamber view, and apical 4 chamber compared between PPCM and DCM/ NDLVC patients.

	DCM/ NDLVC (Mean $\pm$ SD)	PPCM (Mean $\pm$ SD)	P-value*
GLS	-13.96$\pm$2.18	-16.94$\pm$1.59	0.011
AP3	-14.12$\pm$2.57	-15.70$\pm$1.92	0.221
AP2	-14.12$\pm$2.88	-16.50$\pm$1.41	0.093
AP4	-14.03$\pm$2.84	-18.02$\pm$2.03	0.009

GLS: global longitudinal strain; AP2: apical 2 chamber view; AP3: apical 3 chamber view; AP4: apical 4 chamber view; DCM: dilatated cardiomyopathy; PPCM: peripartum cardiomyopathy. *Independent sample T test