Abstract 23 Table 1

Age differences in peak circumferential (Ecc) and peak longitudinal (Ell) strain in healthy volunteers at 3.0T

	<35 years	35–55 years	>55 years	ANOVA P-value

Ecc^**	N = 32	N = 25	N = 20
Mean	18.63 ± 2.2	19.51 ± 2.3	18.23 ± 2.6	0.165
Anterior	19.35 ± 3.9	21.01 ± 3.6	20.31 ± 2.8	0.216
Antero-septal	17.25 ± 3.0	18.20 ± 2.6	18.18 ± 3.7	0.506
Infero-septal	16.30 ± 3.0	16.75 ± 3.4	14.83 ± 3.9	0.170
Inferior	20.46 ± 3.7	20.93 ± 3.5	19.29 ± 3.7	0.353
Infero-lateral	21.29 ± 3.4	21.58 ± 3.6	20.97 ± 4.6	0.877
Antero-lateral	19.83 ± 3.9	21.89 ± 3.7	20.18 ± 2.8	0.105
Ell (ms)^**	N = 28	N = 26	N = 23
Mean	11.12 ± 2.3^§	12.50 ± 2.0^*	9.54 ± 2.6^{^}	<0.001
Basal-septal	9.60 ± 5.3	11.10 ± 3.8	8.25 ± 3.6	0.079
Mid-septal	12.35 ± 3.6	13.20 ± 2.9^*	10.23 ± 5.1	0.028
Apico-septal	15.15 ± 3.9^§	17.91 ± 3.6^*	14.23 ± 6.0	0.015
Basal-lateral	13.93 ± 4.9	13.18 ± 4.9	14.67 ± 4.5	0.796
Mid-lateral	12.75 ± 4.0	14.13 ± 4.2^*	10.52 ± 4.6	0.008
Apico-lateral	13.86 ± 3.7	13.82 ± 4.2	12.44 ± 5.2	0.437