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. 2020 Sep 9;37(2):449–457. doi: 10.1007/s10554-020-02010-4

Table 2.

Transthoracic echocardiographic findings of the study population

CoV− CoV+/TnT− CoV+/TnT+ P-value Post-hoc analysis
(n = 16) (n = 18) (n = 13) 1 vs. 2 2 vs. 3 3 vs. 1
LVEDV index, mL/m2 39 ± 8 40 ± 9 48 ± 17 0.180
Left ventricular systolic function
 Left ventricular ejection fraction, % 64 ± 5 68 ± 6 66 ± 8 0.186
 Global longitudinal strain, % − 20 ± 3 − 19 ± 3 − 18 ± 3 0.277
 Global myocardial work, %/mmHg 2167 ± 359 1922 ± 461 1774 ± 521 0.102
 Global work efficiency, % 96 ± 2 94 ± 4 93 ± 3 0.042 0.285 0.192 0.007
Left ventricular diastolic function
 E velocity, cm/s 69 ± 19 69 ± 12 75 ± 22 0.712
 Deceleration time, ms 276 ± 101 227 ± 41 233 ± 41 0.220
 A velocity, cm/s 76 ± 31 66 ± 24 72 ± 22 0.620
 E/A ratio 1.0 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.4 1.1 ± 0.4 0.368
 Ea lateral, cm/s 12 ± 3 13 ± 3 10 ± 3 0.028 0.280 0.008 0.101
 E/Ea lateral ratio 6 ± 3 6 ± 2 8 ± 3 0.118
Right ventricular systolic function
 TAPSE, mm 22 ± 4 20 ± 3 20 ± 4 0.137
 Tricuspid annular S wave, cm/s 14 ± 3 15 ± 3 16 ± 3 0.074

LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume; TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion