Table 1 Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of the study patients (n = 185).
| Age (years) | 67 (11) |
| Men | 146 (79%) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.6 (4.1) |
| Systolic AP (mm Hg) | 133 (22) |
| Diastolic AP (mm Hg) | 81 (13) |
| Pulse AP (mm Hg) | 52 (17) |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 71 (14) |
| Serum sodium (mmol/l) | 139 (3) |
| Serum creatinine (μmol/l) | 120 (44) |
| Ischaemic aetiology | 153 (83%) |
| EDV index (ml/m2) | 116 (37) |
| ESV index (ml/m2) | 76 (29) |
| Ejection fraction (%) | 35 (6) |
| Peak E (cm/s) | 81 (30) |
| Peak A (cm/s) | 71 (32) |
| E:A ratio | 1.62 (1.39) |
| IVRT (ms) | 93 (33) |
| DT (ms) | 183 (69) |
| Restrictive TMF pattern | 56 (30%) |
| Sm velocity (cm/s) | 2.9 (1.2) |
| Em velocity (cm/s) | 3.1 (1.5) |
| Am velocity (cm/s) | 4.0 (1.8) |
| Em:Am ratio | 1.0 (1.1) |
| E:Em ratio | 31 (18) |
Data are expressed as mean (SD) or as number (%) of patients.
A, velocity of atrial transmitral flow; Am, late diastolic mitral annular; AP, arterial pressure; BMI, body mass index; DT, deceleration time of early transmitral flow; E, velocity of early transmitral flow; EDV, end diastolic volume; Em, early diastolic mitral annular; ESV, end systolic volume; IVRT, isovolumic relaxation time; NYHA, New York Heart Association; Sm, systolic mitral annular; TMF, transmitral flow.