Table 2

Pulsed wave Doppler tissue velocities at each position in each phase of the cardiac cycle

RVIVSLV
Data are mean (SD).
*p<0.0001, RV v IVS; †p<0.0001, IVS v LV; ‡p<0.0001, RV v LV; §p<0.05, IVS v LV.
Aw, peak atrial systolic motion velocity; Ew, peak early diastolic motion velocity; IVS, interventricular septum recorded from its base; LV, left ventricle recorded from lateral site of the mitral annulus; RV, right ventricle recorded from lateral site of the tricuspid annulus; Sw, peak systolic motion velocity. In the children group, two peak waveforms(S1w, S2w) were noted during systole in the IVS and LV wall.
Day 0 group(n = 130)
    Sw (cm/s)6.2 (1.1)3.7 (0.6)*†5.3 (0.9)‡
    Ew (cm/s)7.5 (1.4)5.0 (1.0)*†7.5 (1.5)
    Aw (cm/s)9.2 (1.6)4.9 (1.0) *†6.2 (1.4)‡
    Aw:Ew1.26 (0.29)1.01 (0.27)*†0.86 (0.26)‡
Day 1–7 group (n = 135)
    Sw (cm/s)6.6 (1.2)3.9 (0.7)*†5.5 (0.8)‡
    Ew (cm/s)7.5 (1.3)5.4 (0.9)*†7.7 (1.5)
    Aw (cm/s)9.2 (1.5)5.2 (0.9)*†6.5 (1.2)‡
    Aw:Ew1.25 (0.27)1.00 (0.22)*†0.88 (0.23)‡
Children group (n = 131)
    S1w (cm/s)13.7 (2.0)6.7 (1.4)*†9.3 (2.8)‡
    S2w (cm/s)7.5 (1.3)§7.0 (1.2)
    Ew (cm/s)15.8 (2.9)13.5 (2.4)*†18.1 (4.1)‡
    Aw (cm/s)9.9 (2.7)6.5 (1.4)*§6.2 (1.6)‡
    Aw:Ew0.65 (0.21)0.50 (0.18)*†0.36 (0.14)‡