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. 2014 Apr 29;3(3):e000789. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.000789

Table 6.

Baseline Echocardiographic Characteristics of Participants by Diastolic Function Group

Characteristic Normal Function (n=594) Impaired Relaxation (n=76) Elevated End‐Diastolic Pressure (n=96) Combined Dysfunction (n=27)
Transmitral E/A ratio N N
E/e' ratio N N
Conventional echocardiography
LA volume index, mL/m2 21.8±5.3 27.1±6.6 28.4±7.4* 27.5±6.8*
LV internal diameter, cm 5.02±0.49 5.09±0.58 5.07±0.56 4.85±0.49
Interventricular septum, cm 0.95±0.16 1.03±0.17* 1.07±0.15* 1.18±0.18*
Posterior wall, cm 0.87±0.14 0.94±0.14* 0.97±0.13* 1.04±0.15*
LV mass index, g/m2 88.4±19.3 100.1±32.9* 105.8±25.7* 115.2±22.2*
Ejection fraction, % 63.4±6.2 61.8±9.0 64.0±7.1 64.0±6.9
Transmitral Doppler
E peak, cm/s 77.7±14.8 54.7±10.2* 80.8±13.7 62.2±14.0*
A peak, cm/s 59.2±13.9 76.8±12.4* 82.3±15.5* 95.4±16.9*
E/A ratio 1.39±0.46 0.73±0.17* 1.01±0.23* 0.65±0.10*
IVRT, ms 94.6±14.6 110.1±19.3* 105.1±16.4* 109.5±21.5*
Adur‐ARdur, ms 1.43 (−4.3 to 7.1) 11.4 (−2.8 to 28.5)* −18.5 (−37.1 to 5.7)*† 16.2 (−17.1 to 28.5)*
Tissue Doppler§
e' peak, cm/s 12.6±3.26 8.50±2.14* 7.69±1.30* 5.75±1.14*
a' peak, cm/s 9.80±2.06 11.9±1.90* 10.4±1.82* 11.4±1.24*
e'/a' ratio 1.42±0.65 0.75±0.30* 0.78±0.20* 0.50±0.10*
E/e' ratio 6.39±1.35 6.63±1.19 10.7±2.11* 11.0±2.45*

Values are mean (±SD), or median (10% to 90% percentile). Adur indicates mitral inflow A‐wave duration; ARdur, pulmonary vein reversal flow duration; IVRT, isovolumetric relaxation time; LA, left atrial; LV, left ventricle.

Significance for between‐groups differences: *P≤0.05 vs normal; P≤0.05 vs impaired relaxation group; P≤0.05 vs elevated LV filling pressure group.

§Averaged of septum, lateral, inferior, and posterior mitral annulus sites.