Skip to main content
. 2015 Jun 16;15:53. doi: 10.1186/s12872-015-0043-z

Table 2.

Echocardiographic findings in 46 patients with cardiomyopathy

Infiltrative cardiomyopathy (n = 11) HCM (n = 35) p value
Maximum LV wall thickness, mm 17 ± 3 20 ± 4 0.021
Interventricular wall thickness, mm 16 ± 3 16 ± 4 0.628
Posterior wall thickness*, mm 15 ± 3 11 ± 2 <0.001
LV end-diastolic diameter*, mm 44 ± 5 44 ± 6 0.836
LV end-systolic diameter*, mm 32 ± 7 28 ± 7 0.118
Ejection fraction*, % 54 ± 13 62 ± 13 0.104
Left atrial diameter, mm 44 ± 6 43 ± 8 0.723
E*, cm/s 89 ± 23 69 ± 21 0.012
A, cm/s 67 ± 33 64 ± 19 0.704
E/A* 1.7 ± 1.0 1.1 ± 0.5 0.141
Dct*, msec 208 ± 81 200 ± 68 0.857
Ea septal*, cm/s 3.9 ± 1.1 5.2 ± 2.3 0.116
Ea lateral*, cm/s 4.8 ± 1.3 8.1 ± 3.5 <0.001
E/Ea septal 24 ± 7 15 ± 7 <0.001
E/Ea lateral* 20 ± 8 10 ± 4 <0.001
Presence of LVOTO, n (%) 1 (9 %) 7 (20 %) 0.658
Presence of RVH, n (%) 6 (55 %) 18 (51 %) 0.857

Data are shown as mean ± SD or number (percent)

A mark of * is the results of Wilcoxon rank sum test

HCM Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, LV Left ventricular, LVOTO Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, RVH Right ventricular hypertrophy