Table 2.

Baseline M-mode and two dimensional echocardiographic data.

Parameters	The study group
IVSa	8.9 ± 0.5
LDEDDb	46 ± 3
LVESDc	26 ± 4
Post. walld	8.7 ± 0.2
LV EFe	67 ± 7

^aInterventricular septum.

^bLeft ventricular end diastolic dimensions.

^cLeft ventricular end systolic dimensions.

^dPosterior wall.

^eLeft ventricular ejection function.