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. 2018 Aug 30;20:61. doi: 10.1186/s12968-018-0483-6

Table 1.

Description of all left ventricular (LV) kinetic energy (KE) flow parameters investigated in this study. In this study all primary KE parameters are indexed to LV end diastolic volume (EDV) and expressed as KEiEDV

Global KE parameters
 LV KEa The average KE of the LV flow for the complete cardiac cycle.
 In-plane KE (%) The proportion of in-plane KE of the LV, from the complete LV flow, for the complete cardiac cycle.
 Minimal KEa The minimal KE of the LV flow at any time point during the complete cardiac cycle.
Systolic KE parameters
 Systolic KEa The average KE of the LV flow during systole.
Diastolic KE parameters
 Diastolic KEa The average KE of the LV flow during diastole.
 Peak E-wave KEa The peak KE of the LV flow during early diastolic filling.
 Peak A-wave KEa The peak KE of the LV flow during late diastolic filling.
 Time difference, TD This is the time difference of peak E-wave flow KE from base to mid-ventricle.

aThese KE parameters were normalised to LVEDV and presented as KEiEDV