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Table 4 Echocardiographic parameters

From: Tissue Doppler Imaging can be useful to distinguish pathological from physiological left ventricular hypertrophy: a study in master athletes and mild hypertensive subjects

Parameters

Athletes

Hypertensives

p

LVDD (mm)

52.5 ± 3.4

49.8 ± 6.2

NS

LA (mm)

39.9 ± 3.3

38.2 ± 3.7

0.001

IVS(mm)

11.1 ± 0.9

11.5 ± 0.9

NS

LW (mm)

10.5 ± 1.0

11.0 ± 1.1

0.001

EF (%)

65.3 ± 3.38

63.5 ± 1.05

NS

D%

39.5 ± 3.69

36 ± 1.82

NS

Ventricular Mass Index (gr/m2)

134.4 ± 19.7

134.5 ± 22.1

NS

RWT (h/r)

0.41

0.45

0.001

  1. LVDD = left ventricular diastolic diameter, LA = left atrium, IVS = interventricular septum, LW = Lateral wall, LVMI = left ventricular mass index, EF = ejection fraction (calculated by 2D), D% = shortening fraction, RWT = Relative Wall Thickness.