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Table 3 Left ventricular tissue Doppler imaging velocities and global strains in controls and patients

From: Role of 2D strain in the early identification of left ventricular dysfunction and in the risk stratification of systemic sclerosis patients

 

Controls (n=30)

SSc (n=29)

p

Septal s’, cm/s

8.4±0.3

8.0±0.3

ns

Septal e’, cm/s

9.5±1.5

8.9±1.7

ns

Septal a’, cm/s

9.7±1.2

9.6±1.5

ns

E/e’ ratio

6.8±1.3

6.9±1.4

ns

RS, %

38.5±9.3

35.5±8.1

ns

CS, %

−20.4±5.6

−15.3±6.2

0.001

LS, %

−22.6±4.1

−13.1±4.8

< 0.001

  1. RS, CS and LS: radial, circumferential and longitudinal strain, respectively.
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