All patients | Systolic heart failure with RFP | Systolic heart failure with non-RFP | Diastolic heart failure | |||||||||||
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Variable | r | p Value | r | p Value | r | p Value | r | p Value | ||||||
E velocity | 0.25 | < 0.05 | 0.52 | < 0.005 | 0.04 | NS | 0.003 | NS | ||||||
A velocity | −0.13 | NS | −0.02 | NS | 0.03 | NS | 0.32 | NS | ||||||
E:A ratio | 0.33 | 0.005 | 0.35 | < 0.05 | 0.07 | NS | −0.22 | NS | ||||||
Deceleration time of E | −0.13 | NS | 0.19 | NS | −0.02 | NS | 0.43 | < 0.05 | ||||||
Isovolumic relaxation time | 0.01 | NS | −0.02 | NS | 0.27 | NS | −0.10 | NS | ||||||
End diastolic dimension | 0.25 | < 0.05 | 0.10 | NS | 0.18 | NS | 0.21 | NS | ||||||
End systolic dimension | 0.21 | NS | 0.09 | NS | 0.20 | NS | 0.18 | NS | ||||||
Fractional shortening | −0.17 | NS | −0.02 | NS | −0.21 | NS | 0.04 | NS | ||||||
LVEF by M mode | −0.20 | NS | −0.11 | NS | −0.23 | NS | 0.04 | NS | ||||||
LVEF by Simpson's method | −0.15 | NS | −0.06 | NS | −0.10 | NS | −0.19 | NS | ||||||
Left atrial size | 0.18 | NS | 0.26 | NS | 0.03 | NS | 0.02 | NS | ||||||
PASP | 0.03 | NS | −0.22 | NS | −0.05 | NS | 0.13 | NS | ||||||
NHYA class | 0.14 | NS | 0.21 | NS | 0.29 | NS | 0.27 | NS | ||||||
Diuretics used | 0.12 | NS | 0.30 | NS | −0.16 | NS | −0.28 | NS |
A velocity, transmitral peak atrial filling velocity; E velocity, transmitral peak early filling velocity; E:A ratio, ratio of transmitral early to atrial peak filling velocity; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA, New York Heart Association; PASP, pulmonary arterial systolic pressure; RFP, restrictive filling pattern of diastolic dysfunction.