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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Mar 3;93(4):1121–1127. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.067

Table 2. Regional Multiparametric Systolic Strain z Scoresa.

Cardiac Function
Levelb Region AI Poorc Normal
PS 0.38 ± 0.91 1.18 ± 0.78 −0.25 ± 0.34
AS 0.47 ± 0.92 1.14 ± 0.97 −0.06 ± 0.39
Base A 0.27 ± 0.68 0.75 ± 0.64 −0.11 ± 0.44
AL 0.17 ± 0.62 0.54 ± 0.63 −0.12 ± 0.44
PL 0.24 ± 0.59 0.72 ± 0.40 −0.13 ± 0.41
P 0.39 ± 0.85 1.19 ± 0.55 −0.24 ± 0.35
PS 0.25 ± 0.71 0.81 ± 0.56 −0.19 ± 0.47
AS 0.19 ± 0.63 0.63 ± 0.61 −0.15 ± 0.40
Mid A 0.21 ± 0.61 0.66 ± 0.62 −0.14 ± 0.29
AL 0.06 ± 0.57 0.51 ± 0.53 −0.29 ± 0.27
PL 0.15 ± 0.59 0.63 ± 0.48 −0.25 ± 0.29
P 0.29 ± 0.70 0.86 ± 0.52 −0.16 ± 0.45
PS 0.23 ± 0.88 0.56 ± 1.07 −0.05 ± 0.58
AS 0.19 ± 0.88 0.63 ± 0.98 −0.15 ± 0.48
Apex A 0.36 ± 0.85 0.63 ± 0.98 0.02 ± 0.63
AL 0.21 ± 0.76 0.72 ± 0.58 −0.16 ± 0.66
PL 0.28 ± 0.87 0.82 ± 0.88 −0.14 ± 0.59
P 0.27 ± 0.97 0.64 ± 0.98 −0.04 ± 0.87
a

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

b

Levels: base vs apex, p = .038.

c

Poor function group: regional: P vs AL, p = .014; AL vs PS, p = .026.

A = anterior; AI = aortic insufficiency; AL = anterior; AS = anterior septum; P = posterior; PL = posterior lateral; PS = posterior septum.