Comparison of echocardiographic indices between patients and controls
| Patients | Controls | p Value | |
| (n=45) | (n=44) | ||
| M-mode measurements | |||
| LVDD (cm) | 4.6±0.5 | 4.5±0.5 | 0.30 |
| LVDS (cm) | 3.0±0.4 | 2.8±0.4 | 0.03* |
| Shortening fraction (%) | 34.5±3.3 | 36.9±3.7 | 0.001* |
| Indexed left ventricular mass (g/m2) | 45.9±10.2 | 54.1±11.9 | 0.001* |
| Mitral inflow Doppler indexes | |||
| E (cm/s) | 100.0±19.9 | 103.5±21.5 | 0.49 |
| A (cm/s) | 52.2±12.6 | 52.7±15.0 | 0.87 |
| E/A ratio | 2.0±0.5 | 2.1±0.6 | 0.55 |
| E deceleration time (ms) | 130.3±18.2 | 126.5±27.6 | 0.45 |
| Mitral annular myocardial tissue velocities | |||
| s (cm/s) | 9.8±2.0 | 10.7±2.0 | 0.037* |
| e (cm/s) | 17.7±2.9 | 18.0±2.3 | 0.60 |
| a (cm/s) | 7.4±1.7 | 7.7±2.4 | 0.51 |
| e/a ratio | 2.5±0.7 | 2.5±0.6 | 0.95 |
A, peak mitral inflow velocity at late diastole; a, mitral annular late diastolic myocardial tissue velocity; E, peak mitral inflow velocity at early diastole; e, mitral annular early diastolic myocardial tissue velocity; LVDD, left ventricular dimension at diastole; LVDS, left ventricular dimension at systole; s, mitral annular systolic myocardial tissue velocity.
↵* Statistically significant.