Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the patients
| Age (years) | 52 ± 16.7 |
| Sex, male (%) | 62 |
| HF (bpm) | 68 ± 11.7 |
| Mean LVEF | 0.53 ± 0.12 |
| LVEF category, n (%) | |
| 0.55–0.60 | 90 (78.9) |
| 0.45–0.54 | 8 (7.1) |
| 0.30–0.44 | 11 (9.6) |
| <0.30 | 5 (4.4) |
| History of AMI, n (%) | 19 (16.7) |
| CHF, n (%) | 21 (18.4) |
| NYHA, n (%) | |
| I | 93 (81.6) |
| II | 11 (9.6) |
| III | 10 (8.8) |
| IV | 0 (0) |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 17 (14.9) |
| CAD, n (%) | 14 (12.3) |
| E | 0.84 ± 0.23 |
| A | 0.70 ± 0.21 |
| E/A ratio | 1.31 ± 0.53 |
| DT | 224 ± 79 |
| IVRT | 94 ± 23 |
| PW E′ sep | 8.9 ± 3.3 |
| PW E′ lat | 11.6 ± 4.9 |
| Mean PW E′ (sep–lat) | 10,3 ± 3.9 |
| E′ sep | 6.9 ± 2.9 |
| E′ lat | 8.5 ± 3.7 |
| Mean E′ (sep–lat) | 7.7 ± 3.1 |
| E/PW E′ | 9.1 ± 3.8 |
| E/E′ | 12.5 ± 5.7 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD
PW E′ E myocardial velocity using pulsed wave tissue Doppler; E′ E myocardial velocity using color-coded tissue Doppler; E/PW E′ E/E′ calculated by usage of PW-TDI; E/E′ E/E′ calculated by usage of CC-TDI; HF heart frequency; bpm beats per minute; CHF chronic heart failure; CAD coronary artery disease; NYHA New York Heart Association classification; DT deceleration time; IVRT isovolumetric relaxation time; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; AMI acute myocardial infarction