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. 2015 May-Jun;26(3):109–113. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2014-068

Table 4. Right ventricular tissue Doppler echocardiographic parameters.

Parameters Patient group Control group p-value
RV S-wave peak velocity (cm/s) 13.8 ± 2.1 14.3 ± 2.1 0.476
RV Ea-wave peak velocity (cm/s) 12.1 ± 3.1 14 ± 3.1 0.03
RV Aa-wave peak velocity (cm/s) 17.2 ± 3.6 15.5 ± 3.9 0.061
RV Ea/Aa ratio 0.7 ± 0.3 0.9 ± 0.4 0.02
Ea DT (ms) 166.2 ± 27.7 167.2 ± 22.7 0.679
IVRT (ms) 77.3 ± 8.5 61.5 ± 4.3 < 0.001
IVCT (ms) 66.4 ± 8.7 62.8 ± 9.9 0.072
CT (ms) 295.5 ± 27.6 302.1 ± 23 5 0.610
Tei index LV 0.50 ± 0.05 0.42 ± 0.03 < 0.001

RV: right ventricular, Ea: tricuspid lateral annulus early diastolic wave, Aa: tricuspid lateral annulus late diastolic wave, DT: tricuspid lateral annulus E-wave deceleration time, IVRT: isovolumetric relaxation time, IVCT: isovolumetric contraction time, CT: contraction time.