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Table 2 Change in Strain and Strain Rate before and after PTE

From: Left ventricular strain and strain rate by 2D speckle tracking in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

  

Circ. Strain

Circ. SR

Post. Radial Strain

Post. Radial SR

Septal Radial Strain

Septal Radial SR

Mean pre-PTE

-21 ± 3

-1.5 ± 0.3

31 ± 8

1.8 ± 0.3

28 ± 8

1.9 ± 0.5

Mean post-PTE

-23 ± 4

-1.6 ± 0.2

36 ± 11

1.9 ± 0.4

30 ± 11

1.9 ± 0.6

Relative change

-11%

-5%

15%

7%

5%

-0.8%

P-value

 

< 0.001

0.07

< 0.001

0.04

0.1

0.8

  1. (Mean ± SD). Circ: circumferential; PTE: pulmonary thromboendarterectomy; Post: posterior; SR: strain rate