Table 3.

Pearson Correlation Coefficients Between Strain Parameters and Clinical Variables in Patients With BAV

Characteristics	Peak Circumferential Systolic Strain		Peak Circumferential Diastolic Strain Rate
	Pearson r	P-Value	Pearson r	P-Value
Age	−0.06	0.71	0.14	0.59
Hypertension	−0.33	0.04	0.33	0.19
Coarctation	−0.09	0.58	−0.14	0.59
Congenital heart disease*	−0.07	0.68	0.40	0.11
Significant aortic stenosis	0.29	0.06	0.23	0.37
Significant aortic insufficiency	0.0	0.95	−0.25	0.34
Ejection fraction	−0.49	0.01	0.24	0.33
Heart rate	−0.06	0.73	0.46	0.05
Myocardial mass index	0.51	0.06	−0.66	0.003
LV end-diastolic volume index	0.29	0.07	−0.50	0.04

*Other than coarctation.