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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Heart Fail. 2008 Sep 24;10(11):1057–1064. doi: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2008.08.009

Table 2.

Echocardiographic parameters.

Control CS p
Heart Rate (bpm) 341 ± 11 316 ± 6 0.083
LVEDD (mm) 7.99 ± 0.1 8.3 ± 0.10 0.026
LVESD (mm) 4.55 ± 0.2 5.3 ± 0.09 0.003
LVPWD (mm) 1.40 ± 0.06 1.40 ± 0.07 0.990
LVPWS (mm) 2.40 ± 0.04 2.18 ± 0.14 0.200
FS(%) 43 ± 2.1 36 ± 0.9 0.010
LV mass (gm) 0.67 ± .03 0.72 ± .04 0.320
RWT 0.35 ± .01 0.33 ± .01 0.430

Abbreviations used: FS-fractional shortening, left ventricle (LV) end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD), LV end-systolic dimension (LVESD), LV posterior wall thickness in diastole (LVPWD) and LV posterior wall thickness in systole (LVPWS), relative wall thickness (RWT = 2 × LVPWD/EDD). Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.