Table 2.
Comparison between different LVA patterns
| LVA ( +) n = 76 |
LVA (–) n = 64 |
p | Severe LVA ( +) n = 20 |
Severe LVA (–) n = 120 |
p | Disseminated LVA pattern ( +) n = 40 |
Disseminated LVA pattern (–) n = 100 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA peak inflow velocity | 0.34 (0.26–0.49) | 0.4 (0.31–0.58) | .032 | 0.29 (0.17–0.39) | 0.39 (0.3–0.57) | .005 | 0.35 (0.23–0.57) | 0.38 (0.3–0.55) | .29 |
| LAA peak outflow velocity | 0.4 (0.28–0.56) | 0.46 (0.37–0.69) | .052 | 0.28 (0.20–0.36) | 0.47 (0.35–0.62) | .0002 | 0.32(0.23–0.57) | 0.45 (0.36–0.6) | .053 |
| LAA low peak inflow velocity | 8 (9%) | 6 (9%) | .958 | 4 (20%) | 10 (8%) | .0257 | 5 (13%) | 9 (9%) | .41 |
| LAA low peak outflow velocity | 5 (7%) | 1 (2%) | .190 | 5 (25%) | 1 (1%) | .0006 | 4 (10%) | 2 (2%) | .68 |
| LAA depth | 27 (24–31) | 29 (25–31) | .5 | 28 (23–31) | 29 (24–31) | .66 | 29 (23–31) | 28.5 (24.30) | .94 |
| RAA AFCL | 160 (150–174) | 155 (140–170) | .070 | 165 (150–175) | 160 (143–170) | .176 | 160 (150–175) | 160 (145–170) | .19 |
| LAA AFCL | 150 (138–163) | 140 (133–150) | .086 | 155 (145–180) | 140 (135–150) | .006 | 150 (140–165) | 140 (132–150) | .01 |
| Total AFCL | 155 (145–165) | 150 (140–160) | .049 | 160 (150–185) | 150 (140–161) | .02 | 160 (147–172) | 150 (140–160) | .02 |
| AFCL gradient | 0.93 (0.85–1) | 0.93 (0.83–1) | .9 | 0.97 (0.87–1) | 0.93 (0.83–1) | .157 | 0.97 (0.87–1) | 0.92 (0.84–1) | .18 |
| RAA AFCL > LAA AFCL | 12 (16%) | 11 (18%) | .794 | 5 (25%) | 18 (15%) | .147 | 8 (20%) | 15 (15%) | .9 |
| RAA AFCL < LAA AFCL | 49 (65%) | 36 (56%) | .338 | 10 (50%) | 75 (63%) | .256 | 19 (48%) | 66 (66%) | .17 |
| RAA AFCL = LAA AFCL | 15 (19%) | 17 (26%) | .372 | 6 (30%) | 26 (22%) | .736 | 10 (25%) | 22 (22%) | .7 |
Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05
LVA low-voltage areas. Other abbreviations as in Table 1