Table 3.

Indices of left ventricle longitudinal strain rates (LRS) derived from two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in the control, pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism (PDH), and adrenal-dependent hyperadrenocorticism (ADH) groups

Variables		LSR S (s −1 )	LSR E (s −1 )	LSR A (s −1 )
Basal septal	Control	−1.64 ± 0.43	1.44 ± 0.40	0.91 ± 0.37
	PDH	−1.29 ± 0.57	1.05 ± 0.50	0.67 ± 0.32
	ADH	−1.38 ± 0.37	1.05 ± 0.27	0.90 ± 0.61
Mid septal	Control	−1.72 ± 0.34	1.08 ± 0.42	1.01 ± 0.26
	PDH	−1.39 ± 0.72	0.97 ± 0.56	0.78 ± 0.26
	ADH	−1.40 ± 0.20	0.98 ± 0.41	0.83 ± 0.61
Apical septal	Control	−1.66 ± 0.82	0.90 ± 0.54	0.98 ± 0.46
	PDH	−1.53 ± 1.04	1.14 ± 0.83	0.81 ± 0.51
	ADH	−1.39 ± 0.61	0.91 ± 0.33	0.81 ± 0.86
Apical lateral	Control	−1.56 ± 0.77	1.07 ± 0.58	0.75 ± 0.47
	PDH	−1.25 ± 0.66	1.02 ± 0.71	0.65 ± 0.42
	ADH	−1.00 ± 0.57	0.70 ± 0.35	0.55 ± 0.52
Mid lateral	Control	−1.69 ± 0.76	1.45 ± 0.76	0.75 ± 0.40
	PDH	−1.22 ± 0.60	1.04 ± 0.50	0.59 ± 0.36
	ADH	−0.97 ± 0.38†	0.75 ± 0.49	0.59 ± 0.29
Basal lateral	Control	−1.87 ± 1.01	1.71 ± 1.14	0.84 ± 0.55
	PDH	−1.52 ± 0.80†	1.17 ± 0.60	0.72 ± 0.37
	ADH	−1.13 ± 0.28‡†	1.04 ± 0.66	0.68 ± 0.32

A: late diastole; E: early diastole; S: peak systole.

^† P < 0.05 relative to controls; ^‡ P < 0.05 relative to PDH.