Table 4

Tricuspid annular velocities (cm/s) assessed by pulsed tissue Doppler

Position		Normal subjects				ARVC patients
Position		n	Systolic			Early diastolic (E_A)	Late diastolic (A_A)	E_A:A_Aratio	n	Systolic	Early diastolic (E_A)	Late diastolic (A_A)	E_A:A_A ratio
Lateral	25	13.7 (2.0)	14.6 (3.4)	11.6 (4.2)	1.4 (0.6)			15	11.9 (3.0)^4-150	10.5 (3.1)^***	11.6 (3.0)	0.9 (0.3)^4-160
Septal	17	8.8 (1.3)	13.6 (3.7)	7.6 (1.8)	1.9 (0.7)			13	8.4 (2.2)	9.8 (3.9)^4-150	8.8 (2.4)	1.2 (0.4)^4-160
Posterior	22	11.3 (2.0)	14.9 (4.4)	9.2 (3.0)	1.9 (0.9)			15	10.1 (2.4)	9.8 (3.9)^4-160	11.4 (3.0)^4-150	0.9 (0.4)^***
Anterior	22	11.2 (1.6)	15.6 (3.4)	10.5 (3.4)	1.6 (0.6)			15	10.6 (1.9)	10.9 (2.9)^***	12.6 (3.9)	1.0 (0.5)^***

Data are mean (SD).
↵4-150 p < 0.05;
↵4-160 p < 0.01;^***p < 0.001 for comparisons between patients and normal subjects.
ARVC, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; n, number of measurements at different positions.