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. 2011 Aug;52(8):869–874.

Table 3.

Doppler-derived parameters (mean ± standard deviation) in dogs with chronic Chagas disease (n = 3) undergoing an intracoronary autologous stem cell transplantation

Post-transplantation
Baseline M0 M1 1 month M2 2 months M3 3 months M4 4 months M5 5 months M6 6 months P ANOVA
PVPUL 0.73 ± 0.15 0.77 ± 0.23 0.72 ± 0.15 0.77 ± 0.20 0.72 ± 0.07 0.76 ± 0.11 0.76 ± 0.18 0.9989
PVAO 0.80 ± 0.21 1.11 ± 0.02 1.11 ± 0.03 1.24 ± 0.18a 1.15 ± 0.05a 1.14 ± 0.08a 1.16 ± 0.09a 0.0111
PVME 0.52 ± 0.08 0.49 ± 0.10 0.45 ± 0.04 0.58 ± 0.17 0.54 ± 0.06 0.60 ± 0.12 0.57 ± 0.21 0.7660
PVMA 0.65 ± 0.18 0.72 ± 0.10 0.66 ± 0.07 0.72 ± 0.15 0.74 ± 0.15 0.78 ± 0.11 0.78 ± 0.24 0.8997
PVTE 0.34 ± 0.15 0.41 ± 0.09 0.42 ± 0.11 0.54 ± 0.20 0.65 ± 0.19 0.48 ± 0.05 0.47 ± 0.04 0.1892
PVTA 0.56 ± 0.16 0.70 ± 0.12 0.59 ± 0.13 0.59 ± 0.15 0.68 ± 0.23 0.74 ± 0.15 0.74 ± 0.15 0.6673
PVME/PVMA 0.82 ± 0.10 0.68 ± 0.06 0.67 ± 0.05 0.80 ± 0.07 0.75 ± 0.11 0.79 ± 0.24 0.75 ± 0.27 0.8442
PVTE/PVTA 0.60 ± 0.14 0.59 ± 0.02 0.72 ± 0.11 0.74 ± 0.07 0.79 ± 0.15 0.67 ± 0.14 0.65 ± 0.12 0.3495
PEP 69.67 ± 7.02 64.33 ± 7.51 63.33 ± 5.51 52.00 ± 6.73a 50.67 ± 6.11a 49.00 ± 5.57a 51.00 ± 5.55a 0.0051
LVET 217.7 ± 12.3 199.0 ± 35.8 219.0 ± 17.1 202.3 ± 15.8 217.7 ± 14.6 212.3 ± 15.7 215.0 ± 15.0 0.7939
PEP/LVET 0.32 ± 0.04 0.37 ± 0.12 0.34 ± 0.14 0.26 ± 0.05 0.21 ± 0.03 0.21 ± 0.04 0.21 ± 0.03 0.0855
IVRT 77.00 ± 13.00 63.00 ± 8.89 53.00 ± 12.07 58.33 ± 9.71 48.00 ± 6.56a 48.33 ± 9.29a 39.33 ± 6.04a 0.0072
SI 49.04 ± 8.07 68.64 ± 10.80 77.65 ± 10.03 74.26 ± 19.81 73.38 ± 11.95 76.98 ± 8.22 78.90 ± 8.44 0.0864
CI 5.52 ± 0.66 7.66 ± 2.69 8.68 ± 2.83 8.05 ± 0.23 9.10 ± 2.00 8.00 ± 1.38 9.11 ± 1.26 0.2882
TEI 0.68 ± 0.02 0.64 ± 0.04 0.64 ± 0.05 0.51 ± 0.09 0.47 ± 0.03a 0.46 ± 0.06a 0.42 ± 0.10a 0.0005

PVPUL — peak velocity of pulmonic flow (m/s); PVAO — peak velocity of aortic flow (m/s); PVME — peak velocity of mitral E wave (m/s); PVMA — peak velocity of mitral A wave (m/s); PVTE — peak velocity of tricuspid E wave (m/s); PVTA — peak velocity of tricuspid A wave (m/s); PVME/PVMA — PVME-to-PVMA-ratio; PVTE/PVTA — PVTE-to-PVTA-ratio; PEP — pre-ejection period (milliseconds); LVET — left-ventricular ejection time (milliseconds); PEP/LVET — PEP-to-LVET-ratio; IVRT — isovolumic relaxation time (milliseconds); SI — stroke index (mL/beat × m2); CI — cardiac index (L/min × m2); TEI — Tei index of myocardial performance.

a

Statistically different (P < 0.05) from M0 (baseline value).