Table 3 Comparison of the diastolic parameters in the study and control groups.

From: Diastolic function evaluation in children with ventricular arrhythmia

Characteristic

Study group

Control group

MD (95% CI)

p

E (cm/s)

89.28 ± 11.65

91.12 ± 14.72

2.16 (−3.87; 8.19)

0.48

Edt (ms)

176.58 ± 54.80

136.94 ± 27.83

39.64 (21.44; 57.84)

 < 0.01

A (cm/s)

54.59 ± 13.24

53.04 ± 9.13

1.55 (−3.31; 6.41)

0.53

E/A

1.66 (1.54;1.98)

1.69 (1.37;1.96)

−0.03 (−0.15;0.21)

0.84

IVRT (ms)

96.60 ± 19.09

72.86 ± 13.67

23.74 (16.68; 30.81)

 < 0.01

E' (cm/s)

12.57 ± 2.96

13.37 ± 1.86

−0.80 (−1.84; 0.24)

0.13

A' (cm/s)

6.42 ± 1.68

6.61 ± 1.22

−0.18 (−0.81; 0.44)

0.56

E/E'

7.60 ± 1.81

6.73 ± 1.05

0.87 (0.25; 1.49)

 < 0.01

LAVI (ml/m2)

25.3 ± 8.2

19.2 ± 7.5

6.1 (2.6; 9.6)

 < 0.01

AC-R (%)

34.8 ± 8.6

44.8 ± 11.8

−10.0 (−14.8; −5.0)

 < 0.01

AC-CD (%)

−29.0 (−32.0; 23.4)

−32.7 (−39.9; 26.5)

3.6 (−0.01; 9.2)

0.0511

AC-CT (%)

−6.0 ± 4.9

−11.5 ± 3.5

5.2 (3.2; 7.2)

 < 0.01

  1. Significant values are in bold.
  2. E early diastolic mitral inflow velocity, A atrial diastolic mitral inflow velocity, Edt E wave deceleration time, MD mean/median differences, CI confidential interval, IVRT isovolumetric relaxation time, E’ early diastolic velocity, A’ late diastolic velocity. MD mean/median differences, CI confidential interval, LAVI left atrial volume index, AC-CT contractile strain, AC-R reservoir strain, AC-CD conduit strain.
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