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. 2011 Jan;31(1):32–38. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2010.00976.x

Table 2.

Comparisons between various VVI-derived CCA wall motion measurements in healthy volunteers

	RCCA			LCCA

	NW	FW	P-value^a	FW	P-value^b
Longitudinal variables
Velocity S (cm s⁻¹)	0·278 ± 0·230	0·290 ± 0·230	NS	0·166 ± 0·116	NS
Velocity D (cm s⁻¹)	0·168 ± 0·097	0·173 ± 0·093	NS	0·134 ± 0·093	NS
Strain S (%)	7·519 ± 5·412	6·991 ± 6·274	NS	4·732 ± 3·920	NS
Strain D (%)	1·443 ± 1·722	1·696 ± 1·632	NS	1·159 ± 1·708	NS
Strain rate S (l s⁻¹)	0·422 ± 0·348	0·419 ± 0·376	NS	0·234 ± 0·162	NS
Strain rate D (1 s⁻¹)	0·283 ± 0·192	0·266 ± 0·202	NS	0·205 ± 0·129	NS
Displacement S (mm)	0·457 ± 0·347	0·474 ± 0·356	NS	0·332 ± 0·262	NS
Displacement D (mm)	0·075 ± 0·086	0·069 ± 0·088	NS	0·069 ± 0·180	NS
Total displacement (mm)	0·531 ± 0·372	0·543 ± 0·394	NS	0·401 ± 0·274	NS
Radial variables
Velocity S (cm s⁻¹)	0·100 ± 0·071	0·100 ± 0·071	NS	0·070 ± 0·061	NS
Velocity D (cm s⁻¹)	0·133 ± 0·093	0·080 ± 0·064	0·005	0·053 ± 0·050	0·04
Displacement S (mm)	0·429 ± 0·314	0·162 ± 0·160	0·001	0·109 ± 0·120	NS
Displacement D (mm)	0·027 ± 0·041	0·030 ± 0·031	NS	0·037 ± 0·062	NS

^a

P-value indicates significance between near wall and far wall of the RCCA.

^b

P-value shows significance between RCCA and LCCA far walls.