Table 6.
Conventional Doppler echocardiographic measurements (global function) | |||
Tricuspid E velocity, cm/s | 49.8 ± 11.4 | 49.6 ± 6.3 | 0.935 |
Tricuspid A velocity, cm/s | 48.7 ± 10.6 | 38 ± 7.3 | <0.001* |
Tricuspid E/A | 1.04 ± 0.2 | 1.32 ± 0.19 | <0.001* |
DT, ms | 174 ± 67 | 232 ± 67 | 0.002* |
IVRT, ms | 68.5 ± 21.1 | 42.6 ± 5.8 | <0.001* |
IVRT/R–R interval, % | 9.3 ± 4.7 | 5.1 ± 0.7 | <0.001* |
DTI (regional function)-RV free wall | |||
IVRT, ms | 67.1 ± 21.3 | 46.6 ± 12.2 | <0.001* |
IVRT/R–R interval, % | 10.1 ± 3.5 | 5.6 ± 1.7 | <0.001* |
Tei index | |||
RV Tei index | 0.54 ± 0.26 | 0.35 ±0.07 | <0.001* |
Statistically significant.