Table 2.

Echocardiographic parameters

Variable	Sham	LLTS	P value
Global longitudinal strain (%)	−21.2±3.0	−23.0±2.8	0.001
Global circumferential strain (%)	−31.3±5.6	−30.9±5.7	0.82
LV ejection fraction (%)	66.9±5.7	65.46±5.08	0.35
LV diameter (cm)	4.5±0.6	4.51±0.52	0.91
LV septum diameter (cm)	1.2±0.3	1.2±0.4	0.80
LV posterior wall diameter (cm)	l.l±0.2	l.l±0.2	0.91
E velocity (cm/s)	74.1±19.0	75.2±20.0	0.52
A velocity (m/s)	79.3±18.1	81.0±22.1	0.74
E/A ratio	0.95±0.43	0.97±0.37	0.75
Average e’ velocity (cm/s)	7.9±2.0	8.5±2.0	0.56
Average E/e’ ratio	9.6±4.2	9.3±2.9	0.78
Peak TR velocity (m/s)	2.6±1.5	2.5±1.4	0.66
LA diameter (cm)	5.6±0.9	5.7±1.1	0.57
LA volume index (ml/m2)	28.6±10.4	31.2±12.9	0.29