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Table 4 LV-twist, LV-GLS, LV-GCS, LV-GRS and RV-FWLS values and their relationships with cardiac rejection in univariate analysis

From: Usefulness of speckle tracking echocardiography and biomarkers for detecting acute cellular rejection after heart transplantation

Variable

Control

Without

With

P

P

P*

Overall

group

ACR

ACR

 

(n=60)

(n=43)

(n=17)

P value§

LV-twist (o)

18.8 ± 4.63

17.1 ± 3.02

13.9 ± 4.79

0.402

0.002

0.048

0.001

LV-GLS (%) AV

21.2 ± 2.1

14.8 ± 2.3

12.5 ± 2.9

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.002

< 0.001

LV-GCS (%)AV

21.3 ± 3.0

16.2 ± 4.3

15.2 ± 2.8

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.574

< 0.001

LV-GRS (%)

41.2 ± 12.9

28.6 ± 9.9

28.3 ± 8.8

< 0.000

< 0.001

0.996

< 0.001

RV-FWLS (%)AV

25.0 ± 3.3

21.4 ± 3.2

16.6 ± 2.9

< 0.000

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. AV absolute value; ACR acute cellular rejection
  2. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD
  3. † Control group vs group without significant ACR
  4. ‡Control group vs group with significant ACR
  5. *Group without ACR vs group with significant ACR
  6. § Analysis of variance global P value between groups