Table 2.

Doppler tissue imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and controls

Variable	HCM	Control	p Value
Lateral mitral annulus
Lateral Ea (cm/s)	10 (3)	18 (4)	<0.0001
Lateral Aa (cm/s)	11 (4)	12 (3)	NS
Lateral Ea deceleration time (ms)	117 (38)	84 (19)	<0.0001
Transmitral E/lateral Ea	7.4 (3.2)	4.3 (1.0)	<0.0001
Septal mitral annulus
Septal Ea (cm/s)	7 (2)	12 (3)	<0.0001
Septal Aa (cm/s)	8 (3)	10 (2)	<0.001
Septal Ea deceleration time (ms)	123 (30)	101 (18)	<0.0001
Transmitral E/septal Ea	12.2 (9.6)	6.3 (1.4)	<0.0001

Values are mean (SD).

Aa, late diastolic velocity of mitral annulus; DTI, Doppler tissue imaging; Ea, early diastolic velocity of mitral annulus; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; transmitral E/lateral Ea, ratio of transmitral early left ventricular filling velocity to early diastolic velocity of lateral mitral annulus; transmitral E/septal Ea, ratio of transmitral early left ventricular filling velocity to early diastolic velocity of septal mitral annulus.