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Table 2 Echocardiographic findings

From: Characteristics of acute congestive heart failure with normal ejection fraction and less elevated B-type natriuretic peptide

 

B group

NB group

p

LAd (median) (mm)

47.5 ± 8.6 (46)

56.5 ± 17.2 (53)

0.0026

IVST (median) (mm)

11.8 ± 2.9 (11)

10.0 ± 2.7 (10)

0.0005

PWT (median) (mm)

11.3 ± 2.5 (11)

10.4 ± 2.6 (10)

0.0225

LVDd (median) (mm)

47.1 ± 5.9 (49)

47.3 ± 6.3 (46)

0.4797

LVDs (median) (mm)

30.5 ± 5.2 (31)

29.6 ± 5.4 (30)

0.1566

EF (median) (%)

65.7 ± 8.5 (66)

67.1 ± 6.8 (67.5)

0.3042

RWT (median)

0.49 ± 0.13 (0.48)

0.44 ± 0.13 (0.42)

0.0114

LVMI (median) (g/m2.7)

73.1 ± 26.1 (70.1)

60.7 ± 24.8 (55.1)

0.0051

E/A (median)

1.3 ± 0.6 (1.2)

1.2 ± 0.5 (1.1)

0.7499

Dct (median) (ms)

213.3 ± 80.4 (185)

235.0 ± 79.4 (230)

0.3367

RVSP (median) (mmHg)

48.2 ± 14.6 (45)

44.7 ± 12.5 (41.5)

0.3035

TR (%)

24 (25)

15 (33)

0.2907*

  1. Mann-Whitney's U test, * Chi-square test for independence or Fisher's exact probability
  2. LAd: left atrial diameters, IVST; interventricular septal thickness, PWT; posterior wall thickness, LVDd: left ventricular end-diastolic diameters, LVDs: left ventricular end-systolic diameters, EF: ejection fraction, LVMI: left ventricular mass index, RWT: relative wall thickness, E/A: peak early filling velocity to atrial filling velocity ratio, Dct: deceleration time of peak early filling velocity, RVSP: right ventricular systolic pressure, TR: tricuspid regurgitation
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