Table 3 Comparison of baseline echocardiographic findings between subjects with low and high diastolic functional reserve
Echocardiographic findingsGroup 1 DFRI <13.5 (n = 64)Group 2 DFRI ⩾13.5 (n = 77)p Value
LVEDD (mm)49 (4)49 (3)0.32
LVESD (mm)32 (4)32 (3)0.64
Ejection fraction (%)68 (6)68 (6)0.49
IVS (mm)11 (2)10 (2)0.25
PW (mm)10 (2)10 (2)0.45
LV mass index (g/m2)119 (32)104 (27)0.012
LAVI (ml/m2)24 (8)22 (8)0.17
E (m/s)0.55 (0.14)0.54 (0.12)0.54
A (m/s)0.77 (0.16)0.76 (0.16)0.70
E/A0.74 (0.21)0.72 (0.15)0.41
DT (ms)253 (45)241 (49)0.14
TR velocity (m/s)2.3 (0.3)2.2 (0.3)0.11
Stroke volume (ml)68 (14)66 (12)0.55
E′ (cm/s)4.7 (1.2)5.0 (1.1)0.13
E/E′12.5 (4.0)11.4 (3.6)0.10
  • Results are shown as mean (SD).

  • A, peak velocity of diastolic filling during atrial contraction; DFRI, diastolic function reserve index; DT, deceleration time; E, peak velocity of early diastolic filling; E′ early diastolic mitral annular velocity; IVS, interventricular septal thickness; LAVI, left atrial volume index; LV, left ventricular; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic dimension; PW, posterior wall thickness; TR, tricuspid regurgitation.