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Table 5 Intra-observer and Inter-observer reproducibility of STE parameters

From: Speckle tracking echocardiography analyses of myocardial contraction efficiency predict response for cardiac resynchronization therapy

 

Inter-observer ICC

P value

Intra-observer ICC

P value

EC

0.88 (0.82~ 0.92)

p < 0.0001

0.94(0.90~ 0.96)

p < 0.0001

ECT

0.91 (0.87~ 0.94)

p < 0.0001

0.94(0.92~ 0.96)

p < 0.0001

MLS

0.8(0.84~ 0.89)

p < 0.0001

0.86(0.83~ 0.89)

p < 0.0001

TTO

0.73(0.68~ 0.75)

p < 0.0001

0.75(0.73~ 0.77)

p < 0.0001

TTP

0.81(0.79~ 0.83)

p < 0.0001

0.83(0.81~ 0.85)

p < 0.0001

TCT

0.85(0.80~ 0.88)

p < 0.0001

0.87(0.83~ 0.90)

p < 0.0001

ECR

0.89(0.85~ 0.93)

p < 0.0001

0.91(0.87~ 0.95)

p < 0.0001

ECRT

0.83(0.80~ 0.90)

p < 0.0001

0.86(0.81~ 0.92)

p < 0.0001

  1. EC effective contraction, ECT effective contractile time, ECR the ratio of effective contraction, ECTR the ratio of effective contractile time, MLS maximum longitudinal strain, TTO time to onset strain, TTP time to peak strain