. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 26.

Published in final edited form as: Magn Reson Med. 2003 Sep;50(3):638–642. doi: 10.1002/mrm.10543

Table 3.

Systolic and Diastolic Strain Rates and Percent Lengthening Subsequent to Atrial Systole (PLSAS)

		Controls (N = 6)	FHC (N = 8)	P value
Systolic strain rate (E_cc/s)	Septal	−71.8 ± 9.4	−61.3 ± 18.8	NS
	Anterior	−74.8 ± 4.9	−72.3 ± 10.6	NS
	Lateral	−71.2 ± 13.8	−66.3 ± 13.1	NS
	Inferior	−74.0 ± 9.6	−60.7 ± 16.0	NS
Early diastolic strain rate (E_cc/s)	Septal	72.2 ± 11.9	29.2 ± 24.1	<0.01
	Anterior	73.9 ± 3.2	54.6 ± 20.0	<0.03
	Lateral	108.2 ± 12.9	53.5 ± 26.4	<0.01
	Inferior	110.8 ± 10.7	35.3 ± 26.0	<0.01
Mid-diastolic strain rate (E_cc/s)	Septal	9.3 ± 10.0	21.0 ± 22.2	NS
	Anterior	6.2 ± 2.5	25.0 ± 18.3	NS
	Lateral	7.3 ± 12.2	19.2 ± 28.4	NS
	Inferior	4.2 ± 18.6	22.3 ± 23.4	NS
Percent lengthening subsequent to atrial systole	Septal	14.0 ± 4.8	30.7 ± 17.1	<0.03
	Anterior	17.8 ± 4.3	29.2 ± 16.5	NS
	Lateral	17.4 ± 1.8	36.7 ± 12.5	<0.01
	Inferior	18.7 ± 3.2	32.4 ± 16.6	<0.05

NS, not significant.