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. 2020 Jul 23;22:51. doi: 10.1186/s12968-020-00647-7

Table 2.

Inter-modality and inter-technique agreement for right ventricular strain measurements, shown by Bland-Altman analyses and correlation coefficients

Patients (n = 57) r p Bias (%) LOA (%) p
SENC vs. STE
 SENC vs. STE-FWLS 0.57 < 0.001 −3.6 −12.2 to 5.0 < 0.001
 SENC vs. STE-GLS 0.63 < 0.001 0.7 −5.3 to 6.8 0.094
FT vs. STE
 Endo-FT vs. STE -FWLS 0.60 < 0.001 6.8 −9.8 to 23.5 < 0.001
 Myo-FT vs. STE-FWLS 0.62 < 0.001 5.5 −9.0 to 20.0 < 0.001
 Endo-FT vs. STE-GLS 0.50 < 0.001 11.1 −6.6 to 28.9 < 0.001
 Myo-FT vs. STE-GLS 0.54 < 0.001 9.8 −5.3 to 24.9 < 0.001
SENC vs. FT
 SENC vs. Endo-FT 0.39 0.003 −10.4 −28.8 to 8.0 < 0.001
 SENC vs. Myo-FT 0.41 0.002 −9.1 −24.7 to 6.6 < 0.001
Volunteers (n = 17)
SENC vs. FT
 SENC vs. Endo-FT 0.39 0.129 −8.3 −16.9 to 0.28 < 0.001
 SENC vs. Myo-FT 0.36 0.162 −6.4 −14.1 to 1.30 < 0.001

Abbreviations: GLS Global longitudinal strain, FWLS Free wall longitudinal strain, STE Speckle tracking echocardiography, SENC strain-encoding, FT Feature tracking, Endo-FT Subendocardial strain determined using FT, Myo-FT Midmyocardial strain determined using FT, LOA Limits of agreement