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Table 4 Echo characteristics of different geometric patterns

From: Left ventricular geometric patterns in newly presenting nigerian hypertensives: An echocardiographic study

Variable

Concentric hypertrophy n = 28

Eccentric hypertrophy n = 21

Concentric remodeling n = 36

Normal n = 114

P value

IVSD (cm)

1.24 (0.18)

1.08 (0.18)

1.01 (0.25)

0.84 (0.13)

<0.0001*

PWTD (cm)

1.23 (0.09)

1.01 (0.10)

1.03 (0.15)

0.83 (0.11)

<0.0001*

EDD (cm)

4.49 (0.51)

5.15 (0.27)

3.86 (0.48)

4.63 (0.43)

<0.0001*

LA (cm)

3.45 (0.40)

3.43 (0.43)

3.28 (0.52)

3.16 (0.42)

0.03*

FS (%)

33.43 (5.25)

33.38 (6.50)

35.25 (6.45)

35.70 (6.56)

0.22

EF (%)

67.07 (7.65)

68.95 (9.28)

70.97 (9.04)

72.15 (8.15)

0.03*

RWT

0.56 (0.08)

0.39 (0.04)

0.55 (0.15)

0.36 (0.05)

<0.0001*

LVM (g)

206.60 (39.93)

204.21 (30.50)

126.76 (31.68)

126.90 (27.20)

0.001*

LVM/HT2.7 (g/m2.7)

58.19 (8.48)

58.04 (8.95)

33.00 (7.25)

32.26 (6.68)

<0.0001*

SV (ml)

56.29 (16.15)

74.69 (11.71)

40.42 (11.91)

63.88 (16.40)

<0.0001*

CO (L/min)

4.66 (1.47)

5.75 (1.39)

3.42 (1.09)

5.2 (1.70)

<0.0001*

  1. IVSD = Intraventricular septum in diastole, PWTD = Posterior wall thickness in diastole, EDD = End diastolic diameter, LA = Left atrium, FS = Fractional shortening, EF = Ejection fraction, LVM = Left ventricular mass, SV = Stroke Volume, CO = Cardiac Output
  2. * = Statistical significance