Table 3 Echocardiographic parameters before and after revascularization (16 patients).

From: Incremental value of early systolic lengthening and postsystolic shortening in detecting left anterior descending artery stenosis using nonstress speckle-tracking echocardiography

 

Before revascularization

After revascularization

P

% diameter stenosis

63.3 ± 13.2

0.0 ± 0.0

< 0.01

LVEF (%)

64.1 ± 3.5

63.5 ± 5.2

0.61

GLS (%)

− 17.5 ± 1.7

− 18.2 ± 2.7

0.33

Peak systolic strain (%)

− 16.1 ± 5.7

− 22.8 ± 4.0

< 0.01

TESL (ms)

25.7 ± 32.8

20.4 ± 33.8

0.97

TPSS (ms)

47.1 ± 55.3

6.0 ± 54.8

< 0.01

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. GLS, global longitudinal strain; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.
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