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Table 5 Results of left ventricular twist and torsion

From: Comprehensive left ventricular mechanics analysis by speckle tracking echocardiography in Chagas disease

 

Chagas

Controls

Variables

Ch1A (n = 8)

Ch1B (n = 13)

Ch2 (n = 17)

Ch3 (n = 9)

C1 (n = 58)

C2 (n = 7)

C3 (n = 19)

Twist (o)

20.77 ± 6.56

19.03 ± 3.47

11.31 ± 4.14

5.75 ± 6.24

19.00 ± 4.71

10.71 ± 1.87

6.35 ± 3.79

TwVel (o/s)

134.31 ± 21.70

132.95 ± 29.81

86.01 ± 24.04

53.50 ± 54.28

150.73 ± 39.54

95.63 ± 33.81

64.60 ± 26.75

Torsion(o/cm)

2.64 ± 0.83

2.37 ± 0.65

1.30 ± 0.51

0.65 ± 0.71

2.28 ± 0.61

0.99 ± 0.55

0.78 ± 0.46

T Vel(o/s.cm)

17.14 ± 2.89

16.59 ± 5.45

9.66 ± 2.85

6.32 ± 6.16

18.00 ± 4.70

10.12 ± 5.06

7.37 ± 3.03

  1. Data expressed as mean ± SD. Tw Vel twist velocity, T Vel torsional velocity