Table 3.

Effects of stellate ganglia stimulation on LV regional strain

	Radial Strain, %				Circumferential Strain, %
Segments	Baseline	LSG stimulation	RSG stimulation	BSG stimulation	Baseline	LSG stimulation	RSG stimulation	BSG stimulation
Septal	21.3 ± 1.8	26.8 ± 2.0*	24.7 ± 3.7	27.8 ± 2.7*	−12.0 ± 1.1	−14.8 ± 1.9*	−13.5 ± 1.3	−14.3 ± 1.7*
Anterior septal	19.6 ± 3.3	23.3 ± 3.7	27.2 ± 3.8*	29.5 ± 4.5*	−9.9 ± 1.1	−11.8 ± 1.9	−12.5 ± 1.3*	−12.0 ± 0.8*
Anterior	19.8 ± 5.1	21.9 ± 5.7	27.8 ± 4.0*	25.2 ± 3.9*	−10.7 ± 1.0	−11.4 ± 1.8	−15.0 ± 1.4*	−14.3 ± 1.1*
Lateral	22.0 ± 3.0	29.5 ± 4.1*	27.7 ± 4.3*	26.6 ± 2.2*	−9.2 ± 0.9	−11.4 ± 1.0*	−12.9 ± 1.8*	−12.0 ± 1.0*
Posterior	21.8 ± 1.2	28.1 ± 2.5*	24.0 ± 4.2	29.2 ± 2.3*	−9.8 ± 0.8	−14.2 ± 0.9*	−11.8 ± 2.6	−13.0 ± 0.9*
Inferior	21.3 ± 2.9	29.6 ± 2.7*	23.8 ± 3.4	27.7 ± 3.6*	−9.7 ± 1.8	−14.0 ± 2.1*	−11.5 ± 2.1	−12.3 ± 1.6*

Values are means ± SD.

^*P < 0.05 vs. baseline.