Table II.

Echocardiographic Measures

	Survivors	Controls	p-value
Ejection Fraction (%)	55.4 ± 6.7	59.7 ± 6.2	0.057
Fractional Shortening (%)	35.5 ± 3.8	39.6 ± 4.7	0.009
E/A Ratio	1.65 ± 0.53	1.78 ± 0.53	0.49
Medial E/E′ Ratio	7.33 ± 2.09	6.6 ± 2.02	0.32
Lateral E/E′ Ratio	5.35 ± 1.73	4.84 ± 1.47	0.37
MPI (Tei Index)	0.4 ± 0.14	0.39 ± 0.09	0.26
Radial Displacement (mm)	5.61 ± 1.16	6.73 ± 1.52	0.025

All values expressed as mean ± standard deviation

MPI – myocardial performance index