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Table 2 RV echocardiographic parameters

From: Early changes in right ventricular longitudinal function in chronic asymptomatic alcoholics revealed by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

 

Control (n = 30)

A (n = 30)

B (n = 31)

C (n = 31)

RVEF, %

59.75 ± 5.62

59.44 ± 3.71

55.13 ± 3.90

42.14 ± 4.29

RVEDD, mm

23.87 ± 1.82

24.15 ± 1.56

24.23 ± 1.49

26.20 ± 2.13a,b,c

TAPSE, mm

21.5 ± 2.17

19.9 ± 2.01

16.4 ± 2.22

12.2 ± 1.98a,b,c

  1. RVEF right ventricular ejection fraction, RVEDD right ventricular end-diastolic dimension, TAPSE tricuspid annulus peak systolic excursion. aP < 0.01 cf. control; bP < 0.01 cf. Group A; cP < 0.01 cf. Group B
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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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