Table 6.

Circumferential and Longitudinal Strain at 1.5 and 3.0T in Males and Females

	1.5T			3.0T
Parameter	Male	Female	P‐value	Male	Female	p‐value
Ecc*	(n = 39)	(n = 42)		(n = 41)	(n = 41)
Global (%)	‐18.7 ± 2.2	‐20.1 ± 2.7	0.014	‐17.9 ± 1.8	‐19.1 ± 3.1	0.047
Anterior (%)	−20.3 ± 3.5	−21.6 ± 4.2	0.153	−18.7 ± 3.7	−21.0 ± 3.9	0.008
Antero‐septal (%)	−18.2 ± 3.7	−17.9 ± 3.3	0.667	−17.0 ± 2.9	−17.9 ± 3.7	0.245
Infero‐septal (%)	−16.0 ± 3.6	−17.4 ± 3.0	0.055	−15.4 ± 3.0	−15.9 ± 4.1	0.511
Inferior (%)	−18.5 ± 3.3	−20.8 ± 3.6	0.003	−19.3 ± 3.4	−20.3 ± 4.3	0.246
Infero‐lateral (%)	−21.1 ± 2.9	−22.7 ± 3.7	0.030	−21.0 ± 3.1	−20.8 ± 4.7	0.851
Antero‐lateral (%)	−20.9 ± 3.2	−22.3 ± 3.2	0.047	−19.2 ± 3.6	−21.4 ± 4.2	0.012
Ell*	(n = 14)	(n = 20)		(n = 39)	(n = 38)
Global (%)	‐10.2 ± 3.4	‐13.7 ± 2.4	0.001	‐10.7 ± 2.4	‐11.9 ± 2.7	0.052
Basal‐septal (%)	−8.2 ± 5.1	−10.7 ± 4.8	0.151	−9.0 ± 4.2	−10.3 ± 4.3	0.163
Mid‐septal (%)	−12.4 ± 2.8	−13.2 ± 4.4	0.550	−12.2 ± 3.6	−11.9 ± 4.2	0.803
Apico‐septal (%)	−12.7 ± 4.5	−16.4 ± 4.8	0.03	−15.1 ± 4.9	−16.7 ± 4.0	0.115
Basal‐lateral (%)	−12.9 ± 3.1	−15.8 ± 4.0	0.027	−12.8 ± 4.4	−15.5 ± 4.7	0.01
Mid‐lateral (%)	−12.7 ± 4.5	−15.9 ± 3.3	0.02	−12.5 ± 4.3	−12.8 ± 4.4	0.747
Apico‐lateral (%)	−13.3 ± 3.9	−15.0 ± 3.4	0.176	−13.6 ± 4.3	−13.5 ± 4.6	0.933

Mean (± SD); E_cc: Circumferential strain; E_ll: Longitudinal strain.