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Table 4 Inter- and intra-observer reproducibility

From: Noninvasive assessment of pulmonary arterial capacitance by pulmonary annular motion velocity in children with ventricular septal defect

Parameter variability

Inter-observer variability

Intra-observer

Peak velocity of s1′

0.15 ± 2.12 cm/s

−0.14 ± 2.14 cm/s

Peak velocity of s2′

−0.04 ± 1.25 cm/s

−0.05 ± 1.36 cm/s

Peak velocity of e’

0.27 ± 1.72 cm/s

0.29 ± 1.46 cm/s

Peak velocity pf a’

0.19 ± 1.43 cm/s

0.18 ± 2.41 cm/s

ICT

−5.34 ± 15.14 ms

−4.31 ± 10.22 ms

IRT

2.21 ± 10.03 ms

−1.31 ± 9.33 ms

s1′ duration

3.64 ± 10.31 ms

1.92 ± 8.13 ms

s2′ duration

−0.33 ± 18.75 ms

−0.29 ± 16.85 ms

e’ duration

0.88 ± 13.54 ms

−0.72 ± 11.14 ms

a’ duration

5.22 ± 9.36 ms

3.98 ± 6.38 ms

  1. Inter- and intra-observer variabilities (bias ± 2 SD [95 % limit of agreement]) are shown