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. 2018 Mar-Apr;29(2):82–87. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2017-048

Table 4. Comparison of echocardiographic parameters regarding diastolic dysfunction for the LA function in the DM2 group.

Parameters Diastolic dysfunction (+) (n = 29) Diastolic dysfunction (–) (n = 27) p-value
LA diameter (mm) 37.4 ± 5.1 36.5 ± 5.8 0.548
Indexed Vmax (ml/m²) 25.8 ± 6.9 23.5 ± 6.2 0.196
Indexed Volp (ml/m²) 18.1 ± 5.8 16.1 ± 4.7 0.168
Indexed Vmin (ml/m²) 10.8 ± 4.6 9.2 ± 3.7 0.168
Indexed PEV (ml/m²) 7.6 ± 3.2 7.3 ± 3.4 0.735
Indexed AEV (ml/m²) 7.3 ± 2.8 6.8 ± 2.6 0.555
Indexed TEV (ml/m²) 14.9 ± 4.1 14.2 ± 4.0 0.505
LA passive emptying fraction (%) 29.5 ± 10.9 30.5 ± 11.5 0.751
LA active emptying fraction (%) 41.1 ± 11.1 43.0 ± 12.7 0.541
LA total emptying fraction (%) 58.7 ± 9.8 60.9 ± 9.4 0.402

DM: diabetes mellitus, LA: left atrium, PEV: passive emptying volume, AEV: active emptying volume, TEV: total emptying volume.