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Table 3 Conventional echocardiographic parameters of each group

From: Assessment of left ventricular regional function in affected and carrier dogs with duchenne muscular dystrophy using speckle tracking echocardiography

Index

Unit

Normal dogs

Carrier dogs

Affected dogs

HR

bpm

92.54 ± 11.22

106.39 ± 26.22

102.16 ± 35.79

EF

%

65.42 ± 8.13

67.13 ± 10.35

62.89 ± 13.05

FS

%

35.04 ± 6.66

36.92 ± 8.41

33.61 ± 9.87

EDVI

mL/m2

59.19 ± 19.53

69.79 ± 20.62

53.35 ± 27.03

ESVI

mL/m2

15.43 ± 4.57

20.04 ± 11.02

17.87 ± 13.75

LA/Ao

 

1.22 ± 0.095

1.17 ± 0.14

1.08 ± 0.081

  1. EF = Ejection fraction; FS = Fractional shortening; EVDI = Left ventricular end-diastolic index; ESVI = Left ventricular end-systolic index; LA/Ao = Left atrial diameter/aortic root diameter ratio.
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