Table 3.
Group 1 (n = 43) | Group 2 (n = 41) | p Value | |
PCTm (ms) | 82 (21.8) | 100.4 (19) | 0.004 |
CTm (ms) | 215 (2.3) | 222 (3.1) | 0.01 |
PCTm:CTm | 0.38 (0.09) | 0.45 (0.08) | 0.001 |
Sm velocity (cm/s) | 13 (1.3) | 10.4 (1.1) | 0.0001 |
Em peak velocity (cm/s) | 14.8 (3.4) | 13.7 (3) | NS |
Am peak velocity (cm/s) | 13.5 (3.8) | 12.1 (4.2) | NS |
Peak Em:Am | 1 (0.2) | 1.3 (0.6) | NS |
RTm (ms) | 70 (2.3) | 72 (1.5) | NS |
Am, late diastolic wave; CTm, contraction time; Em, early diastolic wave; PCTm, myocardial precontraction time; RTm, relaxation time; Sm, myocardial systolic wave.