Table 4 Comparison of two-dimensional, M-mode and color tissue Doppler-imaging echocardiography parameters among patients with metabolic syndrome

From: Impaired atrial synchronicity in patients with metabolic syndrome associated with insulin resistance and independent of hypertension

 

Non hypertensive subgroup (n=55)

Hypertensive subgroup (n=73)

P-value

IVSd (mm)

11.18±1.31

12.08±1.38

0.001

LVPWd (mm)

10.23±1.04

11.10±1.49

0.134

LVDd (mm)

43.41±4.13

43.86±6.10

0.679

LVM/Ht2.7 (g/m2.7)

41.33±7.83

49.14±11.12

<0.001

LVEF (%)

66.97±5.98

66.14±6.52

0.902

RA surface (cm2)

15.43±3.37

15.92±3.69

0.442

LA surface (cm2)

16.78±3.88

17.97±4.23

0.105

P-RA (ms)

21.77±4.82

23.78±8.40

0.099

P-IAS (ms)

35.42±11.75

37.59±12.12

0.348

P-LA (ms)

61.97±12.36

65.16±14.54

0.231

RA synchronicity (ms)

13.65±11.38

13.81±9.92

0.939

LA synchronicity (ms)

26.55±12.96

27.57±12.58

0.676

Interatrial synchronicity (ms)

40.21±13.10

41.38±12.35

0.628

  1. Abbreviations: IVSd, interventricular septum thickness; LVPWd, left ventricular posterior wall thickness in end diastole; LVDd, left ventricular diameter in end diastole; LVM/Ht2.7, left ventricular mass for height to the power 2.7; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LA, left atrial; RA, right atrial; P-RA, the time difference from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the A wave at the right atrium; P-IAS, the time difference from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the A wave at the interatrial septum; P-LA, the time difference from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the A wave at the left atrium.
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