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Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Aug;8(8):10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003260 e003260. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003260

Table 2. Left and Right Ventricular Longitudinal Strain.

Longitudinal Strain, %	PH Patients (n=53)	Control Subjects (n=53)	P-Value
LV Global	-18.8 (-17.3 - -20.4)	-20.2 (-19.0 - -20.9)	0.0046*
LV Free-Wall	-20.5 (-17.9 - -22.2)	-19.9 (-17.9 - -21.0)	0.30
Basal	-20.6 (-17.5 - -23.5)	-18.9 (-16.3 - -22.5)	0.24
Mid	-18.0 (-14.9 - -20.8)	-18.0 (-16.0 - -21.2)	0.61
Apical	-22.2 (-18.4 - -26.1)	-22.0 (-18.6 - -24.5)	0.31
IVS	-17.0 (-15.3 - -19.5)	-20.8 (-19.4 - -22.2)	<0.0001*
Basal	-12.9 (-10.8 - -16.3)	-17.9 (-14.5 - -20.7)	<0.0001*
Mid	-17.5 (-15.5 - -19.0)	-21.1 (-19.1 - -23.0)	<0.0001*
Apical	-23.4 (-19.1 - -26.2)	-23.0 (-20.7 - -26.0)	0.84
RVFW	-21.5 (-18.5 - -25.4)	-29.1 (-26.6 - -33.8)	<0.0001*
Basal	-23.6 (-18.4 - -28.3)	-30.4 (-24.1 - -36.0)	0.0002*
Mid	-22.7 (-20.1 - -26.8)	-30.5 (-27.1 - -35.8)	<0.0001*
Apical	-19.1 (-13.0 - -22.8)	-28.2 (-23.6 - -32.0)	<0.0001*

Presented as median (interquartile range). PH indicates pulmonary hypertension; LV, left ventricle; IVS, interventricular septum; RVFW, right ventricular free-wall.