Table 2. Transmitral flow velocities and PW-TDI doppler at mitral annulus level.

	THAL1 (9)		THAL2 (14)		C (12)
PeakE (m/s)	0.94±0.1		0.96±0.2		0.82±0.1
PeakA (m/s)	0.47±0.1		0.54±0.1		0.48±0.1
E/A	2.25±1.2		1.81±0.4		1.79±0.5
Annulus side	Septal	Lateral	Septal	Lateral	Septal	Lateral
Sm (cm/s)	6.3±1.3§°°	6.9±1.9§°°	7.7±1.2ψ	8.6±2.4	9.2±2.2	9.6±2.1
Em (cm/s)	9.5±1.4§§§°°	12.1±2.9§§§°	12.8±2.1	16.9±3.1	13.8±4.2	17.1±5.0
Am (cm/s)	5.1±1.4§§°°	4.9±1.8§§§°	6.9±1.6	8.1± 2.2	7.6±1.6	7.5±3.0
E/Em	10.3±2.5§§°°°	9.0±2.2§§§°°°	7.6±1.3ψ	5.8±1.3ψ	5.9±3.4	4.8±2.8

THAL1 vs THAL2:

^§p<0.05;

^§§p<0.01;

^§§§p<0.001;

THAL1 vs C:

^°p<0.05;

^°°p<0.01;

^°°°p<0.001;

TAHL2 vs. C:

^ψp<0.05;

^ψψp<0.01;

^ψψψp<0.001;

Transmitral flow velocities: PeakE: early peak velocities; PeakA: late peak velocities; E/A: ratio between PeakE and PeakA Pulsed Wave Tissue Doppler Imaging; Sm: systolic wave; Em: early diastolic wave; Am: late diastolic wave; E/Em ratio between Peak_E and Em.