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. 2016 Feb 16;16:41. doi: 10.1186/s12872-016-0220-8

Table 3.

Peak regional and global strain and strain rate of rats at 6 weeks measured through STE. Views were detected from the parasternal short axis at the mid papillary muscle level

Strain Strain Rate
Control Rats Model Rats P Control Rats Model Rats P
(n = 8) (n = 8) (n = 8) (n = 8)
Diastolic Radial AFW −36.04 ± 12.68 −9.05 ± 10.10 <0.001# −11.06 ± 4.14 −7.63 ± 1.99 0.1144
LW −24.86 ± 4.25 −10.16 ± 7.58 <0.001# −9.62 ± 2.87 −5.79 ± 1.37 0.0087#
PW −25.03 ± 11.78 −10.39 ± 9.79 0.0076# −8.37 ± 3.04 −5.58 ± 1.77 0.0299*
IFW −29.12 ± 13.97 −11.21 ± 12.85 0.0126* −8.52 ± 2.03 −6.64 ± 1.78 0.0453*
PS −22.88 ± 12.69 −6.24 ± 4.63 0.0031# 7.07 ± 2.99 −5.78 ± 2.03 0.2376
AS −21.64 ± 13.99 −4.24 ± 4.75 0.0209* −6.89 ± 2.27 −7.07 ± 1.71 0.7496
Average −26.63 ± 9.04 −7.05 ± 5.97 <0.001# −9.13 ± 2.51 −6.62 ± 1.16 0.0304*
Circumferential AFW 26.29 ± 12.24 1.43 ± 0.99 <0.001# 7.64 ± 2.77 4.44 ± 2.45 0.0417*
LW 27.35 ± 13.97 2.95 ± 2.63 <0.001# 7.31 ± 2.73 3.14 ± 2.02 0.0045#
PW 31.07 ± 11.35 0.80 ± 0.34 <0.001# 8.06 ± 1.71 5.36 ± 1.92 0.0094#
IFW 29.44 ± 19.96 0.81 ± 1.04 <0.001# 10.53 ± 6.33 5.74 ± 2.93 0.0789
PS 29.77 ± 19.52 0.90 ± 0.46 0.0010# 8.10 ± 2.44 8.75 ± 6.02 0.7597
AS 21.32 ± 8.25 0.66 ± 0.40 <0.001# 6.25 ± 2.31 5.96 ± 1.80 0.9022
Average 29.57 ± 14.35 1.25 ± 0.69 <0.001# 7.98 ± 2.37 5.65 ± 2.55 0.1008
Systolic Radial AFW 38.72 ± 10.04 23.92 ± 9.61 0.0537 9.79 ± 6.05 4.76 ± 1.79 0.0407*
LW 26.89 ± 14.94 19.44 ± 8.94 0.2461 7.76 ± 3.56 4.04 ± 1.83 0.0229*
PW 25.87 ± 14.55 19.77 ± 10.01 0.3456 7.15 ± 1.54 3.97 ± 1.75 0.0012#
IFW 24.83 ± 10.11 17.33 ± 10.48 0.1671 8.20 ± 3.16 4.30 ± 2.44 0.0158*
PS 16.91 ± 6.25 10.63 ± 8.49 0.1144 6.93 ± 1.84 4.13 ± 2.82 0.0211*
AS 25.73 ± 19.00 19.19 ± 7.47 0.3801 5.71 ± 2.15 4.02 ± 2.33 0.1817
Average 26.13 ± 9.75 18.12 ± 5.56 0.0630 8.67 ± 2.59 4.23 ± 1.94 0.0022#
Circumferential AFW −23.39 ± 8.39 −15.77 ± 9.22 0.1495 −6.74 ± 2.81 −4.86 ± 3.78 0.3395
LW −20.64 ± 6.31 −10.34 ± 12.62 0.0584 −6.54 ± 2.31 −2.37 ± 1.29 0.0010#
PW −21.98 ± 4.79 −19.57 ± 8.18 0.5102 −7.11 ± 1.41 −5.26 ± 1.24 0.0238*
IFW −24.04 ± 7.22 −21.58 ± 10.30 0.3488 −7.42 ± 2.52 −5.45 ± 1.62 0.1154
PS −23.00 ± 3.23 −27.95 ± 10.02 0.2074 −8.25 ± 2.92 −7.68 ± 4.87 0.8873
AS −19.84 ± 7.12 −24.72 ± 8.53 0.1340 −5.61 ± 1.78 −6.60 ± 3.31 0.3478
Average −22.01 ± 3.87 −19.99 ± 7.67 0.5314 −6.95 ± 1.98 −5.65 ± 3.18 0.4198

Data are presented as mean ± SD. Abbreviations: AFW anterior free wall, LW lateral wall, PW posterior wall, IFW inferior free wall, PS post septum, AS anterior septum

*Compared to control group, P<0.05; #Compared to control group, P<0.01