Table 3.

Longitudinal displacements in healthy volunteers and patients with CAD

	Healthy subjects (n = 16)	CAD-patients (n = 16)	P-values
Longitudinal variables
Displacement S NW (mm)	0·457 ± 0·347	0·078 ± 0·065	<0·0001
Displacement D NW (mm)	0·075 ± 0·086	0·032 ± 0·062	NS
tLoD NW (mm)	0·531 ± 0·372	0·101 ± 0·079	<0·0001
Displacement S FW (mm)	0·474 ± 0·354	0·093 ± 0·075	<0·0001
Displacement D FW (mm)	0·069 ± 0·088	0·019 ± 0·024	0·04
tLoD FW (mm)	0·543 ± 0·394	0·112 ± 0·074	<0·0001

S, systole; D, diastole; NW, near wall; FW, far wall; tLoD, total longitudinal displacement.