Table 4. Left ventricular diastolic parameters.

		Before anthracycline chemotherapy	After anthracycline chemotherapy
Mitral inflow	E Velocity (m/s)	0.68 ± 0.14	0.64 ± 0.13 *
	A Velocity (m/s)	0.63 ± 0.14	0.64 ± 0.16
	E/A ratio	1.13 ± 0.32	1.04 ± 0.29 *
	Deceleration time (ms)	212 ± 40	212 ± 44
	Atrial fraction (%)	36.0 ± 7.0	39.6 ± 8.5 *
Pulmonary vein flow	Systolic velocity (m/s)	0.50 ± 0.14	0.49 ± 0.16
	Diastolic velocity (m/s)	0.41 ± 0.12	0.38 ± 0.12 *
	Atrial reversal velocity (cm/s)	0.27 ± 0.07	0.27 ± 0.09
Tissue Doppler imaging	E’ average velocity (cm/s)	9.1 ± 2.4	8.4 ± 2.6 *
	E/E’ average ratio	7.6 ± 2.3	7.7 ± 2.5
	A’ average velocity (cm/s)	9.0 ± 2.4	9.1 ± 2.2
LV diastolic grade	Normal (%)	53	42 *
	Impaired (%)	46	57 *
	Pseudonormal (%)	1	1
Strain rate	Esr (s-1)	1.54 ± 0.23	1.48 ± 0.23 *
	E/Esr (s-1)	0.44 ± 0.10	0.44 ± 0.10
	Asr (s-1)	0.98 ± 0.24	1.04 ± 0.22 *

* p<0.05 compared with baseline value

Esr = early diastolic strain rate; Asr = late diastolic strain rate