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. 2019 Apr 1;6(2):89–93. doi: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2019.18155

Table 3.

Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic Findings

SSc (n=47) HC (n=20) p
LV LGS (%) 12.81±1.12 20.35±3.05 0.0001
LVSr (1/s) 0.50±0.03 1.70±0.47 0.0001
RV LGS (%) 11.68±1.61 14.63±2.55 0.0001
RVSr (1/s) 0.31±0.01 1.73±0.50 0.0001

LV LGS; left ventricular longitudinal global strain; LVSr: left ventricular strain rate; RV LGS: right ventricular longitudinal global strain; RVSr: right ventricular strain rate