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Table 3 Mean segmental longitudinal peak systolic strain values in %

From: Increased longitudinal contractility and diastolic function at rest in well-trained amateur Marathon runners: a speckle tracking echocardiography study

 

All levels

Apical

Mid

Basal

All walls

-23.0 ± 2.2

-25.6 ± 4.9

-22.6 ± 3.5

-20.9 ± 4.1

Anterior

-22.8 ± 4.4

-24.6 ± 4.8

-22.6 ± 3.9

-21.5 ± 4.0

Anteroseptal

-22.6 ± 5.0

-25.7 ± 5.5

-23.0 ± 3.0

-19.2 ± 4.1

Inferior

-23.8 ± 4.5

-25.2 ± 5.1

-23.5 ± 4.1

-23.0 ± 4.0

Lateral

-23.4 ± 4.3

-26.5 ± 4.5

-22.6 ± 3.1

-21.2 ± 3.2

Posterior

-23.2 ± 4.3

-24.6 ± 4.9

-22.6 ± 3.3

-22.5 ± 4.3

Septal

-22.1 ± 5.0

-27.1 ± 4.1

-21.2 ± 3.0

-18.1 ± 2.8