Table 3.

Myocardial velocities, strain rates, and peak systolic strain

Ea: peak mitral annular velocity during early diastole, Global Sm: the average of peak left ventricular systolic velocities, Global Em: the average of peak left ventricular early diastolic velocities, Global Am: the average of peak left ventricular late diastolic velocities, Global Ssr: the average of peak left ventricular systolic strain rates, Global Esr: the average of peak left ventricular early diastolic strain rates, Global Asr: the average of peak left ventricular late diastolic strain rates, Global PSS: the average of peak left ventricular systolic strain, NS: not significant