Table 4.

Baseline echocardiography characteristics

Echocardiographic Baseline measurements, mean (SD)
Ejection fraction, %	57 (6)
GLS, %	19 (4)
LVEDD, cm	4.74 (0.67)
LVESD, cm	2.92 (0.67)
IVS, cm	1.16 (0.33)
E/A ratio	0.80 (0.25)
Deceleration time, ms	237 (86)
E' medial, m/s	5.95 (1.72)
E' lateral, m/s	7.75 (2.53)
E/e medial	11.22 (3.28)
E/e lateral	8.94 (3.12)
E/e average	10.16 (3.16)
LA volume, ml	72.38 (34.45)
LA volume index, ml/m2	16.96 (22.13)
TAPSE, cm	2.26 (0.69)
SPAP, mmHg	34 (8)
Diastolic function
Normal	104 (46)
Grade 1 dysfunction	85 (38)
Grade 2 dysfunction	30 (13)
Grade 3 dysfunction	2 (1)

SD Standard deviation, GLS Global Longitudinal Strain, LA left atrial, LVEDD Left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, LVESD Left ventricular end-systolic dimension, cm centimeter, IVS Interventricular septum, ms milliseconds, ml milliliter, TASPE Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, SPAP systolic pulmonary arterial pressure, mmHg millimetre of mercury