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Table 2 Correlations between LA deformation parameters andNTproBNP &conventional echocardiographic measures, which demonstrate raised left ventricular filling pressures

From: Reduced left atrial contractile strain with speckle tracking analysis predicts abnormal plasma NTproBNP in an asymptomatic community population

 

εR

εCT

LASI

r

p value

r

p value

r

p value

NTproBNP

-0.226

 < 0.001

-0.213

 < 0.001

0.342

 < 0.001

E'

0.268

 < 0.001

-0.071

0.077

-0.615

 < 0.001

E/E'

-0.090

0.025

0.010

0.808

/

/

LAVI

-0.066

0.103

-0.139

0.001

0.177

 < 0.001

VTR (m/s)

-0.105

0.022

-0.076

0.096

0.183

 < 0.001

  1. Correlation between LASI and E/e’ does not apply since E/e’ is used to calculate LASI
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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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