Table 2.

Echocardiographic data

Variable	Heart failure		P
	Yes (40)	No (40)
Right ventricular systolic pressure	42.0±10.4	31.6±7.1	<0.001
LV mass index	126.2±32.6	110.8±27.8	0.026
LA maximum volume (4C)	71.4±18.6	45.9±15.8	<0.001
LA maximum volume index	37.8±8.3	29.0±9.4	<0.001
LA maximum area (4C)	22.5±4.2	17.1±3.7	<0.001
LA maximum length (4C)	5.8±0.7	5.2±0.6	<0.001
LA minimum volume (4C)	40.2±14.8	19.8±9.1	<0.001
LA minimum volume index	22.3±8.5	13.2±5.8	<0.001
LA minimum area (4C)	16.0±3.9	10.2±3.1	<0.001
LA minimum length (4C)	5.2±0.8	4.1±0.7	<0.001
LA-emptying fraction (4C)	43.6±15.4	56.4±13.1	<0.001
Maximum LA strain (4C)	22.3±9.8	29.3±12.6	0.011
Average LA strain (4C)	23.1±9.0	30.4±11.0	0.005
Diastology
E	0.91±0.25	0.64±0.16	<0.001
A	0.89±0.28	0.89±0.21	0.987
E/A	1.17±0.62	0.75±0.29	<0.001
E/e’	16.4±6.7	11.3±3.7	<0.001

LA: Left atrial, LV: Left ventricular, 4C: Four chamber