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. 2005 Feb 18;3:4. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-3-4

Table 2.

Systolic and diastolic myocardial velocities measured at different right and left ventricular walls

Variable Ventricular walls
RV Post-sep Lateral Inferior Anterior Posterior

PSV, cm/s 10.5 ± 1.3 6.8 ± 0.9 8.5 ± 1.8 7.5 ± 1.1 7.9 ± 1.6 7.6 ± 1.3
E'-wave, cm/s 10.2 ± 2.3 9.9 ± 1.1 12.2 ± 1.5 10.6 ± 2.1 10.1 ± 2.1 12.4 ± 1.9
A'-wave, cm/s 8.4 ± 2.8 5.9 ± 1.3 4.7 ± 1.5 6.3 ± 2.0 4.7 ± 1.7 6.1 ± 2.1
E'/A' ratio 1.2 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.1
A'-V' disp., mm 21.5 ± 3.5 13.6 ± 1.5 13.7 ± 2.0 15.3 ± 1.6 13.7 ± 1.9 15.4 ± 1.8
Atrial disp., mm 5.8 ± 2.2 4.1 ± 1.3 2.5 ± 0.8 3.8 ± 1.5 2.9 ± 0.9 3.0 ± 1.1
Atrial cont., % 27 ± 8 30 ± 9 19 ± 7 25 ± 9 22 ± 8 20 ± 6

Abbreviations: cont., contribution; disp., displacement; PSV, peak systolic velocity