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Table 3 Strain analysis: systolic longitudinal peak strain in basal segments.

From: Two-dimensional tracking and TDI are consistent methods for evaluating myocardial longitudinal peak strain in left and right ventricle basal segments in athletes

First session

 

LV REST

LV HG

 

IVS

LW

IVS

LW

TDI

-21.05 ± 3.31

-20.41 ± 2.99

-20,05 ± 2.61

-21.20 ± 2.37

FT

-20.48 ± 2.65

-21.25 ± 2.85

-19.48 ± 3

-21.69 ± 3.85

p

Ns

ns

ns

ns

 

RV REST

RV HG

 

IVS

LW

IVS

LW

TDI

-22.22 ± 2.58

-24.42 ± 5.84

-22.02 ± 5.20

-23.93 ± 6.34

FT

-21.46 ± 3.25

-24.13 ± 5.86

-24.79 ± 7.9

-24.13 ± 7.0

p

Ns

ns

ns

ns

Second session, 7 days later

 

LV REST

LV HG

 

IVS

LW

IVS

LW

TDI

-22.0 ± 2.40

-21.31 ± 3

-19,9 ± 2.70

-22.27 ± 3

FT

-21.32 ± 2.73

-20.44 ± 2.90

-20.62 ± 2.82

-20.80 ± 2.90

p

Ns

ns

ns

Ns

 

RV REST

RV HG

 

IVS

LW

IVS

LW

TDI

-21.02 ± 2.80

-23.16 ± 4.34

-23.30 ± 5.72

-23.12 ± 5.23

FT

-20.52 ± 3.60

-22.14 ± 4.75

-24.62 ± 6.8

-24.19 ± 6

p

Ns

ns

ns

Ns

  1. Legend. LV: Left Ventricle; RV: Right Ventricle; IVS: Inter Ventricular Septum; LW: Lateral Wall; TDI: Tissue Doppler Imaging method; FT: Feature Tracking method.
  2. The table reports the strain values of the basal segments of the left and right ventricles obtained in two different sessions, with Tissue Doppler and feature tracking methods.