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Table 3 Comparison (mean ± SD) of left ventricular echocardiographic findings

From: Evaluation of the left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic function in asthmatic children

Variable

Asthmatic children

Healthy controls

p value

50 (M/F = 35/15)

40 (M/F = 17/23)

LSV (ml)

40.75 ± 14.26

50.99 ± 13.08

0.001a

LVWT (cm)

0,40 ± 0,087

0,38 ± 0,055

0,172a

LV-EF (%)

0.66 ± 0.1

0.63 ± 0.07

0.182a

DT (msn)

184.79 ± 53.98

192.50 ± 45.60

0.465a

LV-FS (%)

0.36 ± 0.08

0.34 ± 0.05

0.185a

LVM (gr)

67.03 ± 22.89

69 ± 18.26

0.440b

E/A

1.78 ± 0.27

1.93 ± 0.32

0.019a

L-sist (ms)

340.34 ± 42.89

346.83 ± 28.01

0.485b

MAPSE (cm)

1.09 ± 0.18

1.07 ± 0.17

0.672b

LVEDP (mmHg)

26.45 ± 5.11

26.96 ± 4.63

0.451b

LVWI (gm-m/m2)

35.61 ± 9.41

33.32 ± 7.24

0.387b

WSM (g/cm2)

1114.18 ± 595.42

1356.16 ± 562.54

0.053a

ESWSm (g/cm2)

172.5 ± 58.05

209.22 ± 55.53

0.003a

VCFc (circ/s)

0.0051005 ± 0.00

0,0057375 ± 0.00

0.044b

Sfmid (%)

-0.36 ± 0.10

-0.38 ± 0.07

0.257b

Fiber stress (g/cm2)

36.55 ± 9.32

39.74 ± 11.61

0.160b

Midwall VCFc (circ/s)

0.67 ± 0.01

0.68 ± 0.01

0.160b

  1. LSV Left ventricle stroke volume, LVWT Left ventricular wall thickness, EF Ejection fraction, DT Deceleration time, LV_FS Left ventricle fractional shortening, LVM Left ventricular mass, A Peak velocity during late diastole, E Peak velocity during early diastole, L-sist T Left Systolic Time (Contraction time), MAPSE Mitral annular plane systolic excursion; LVEDP Left Ventricle end-diastolic Pressure, LVWI Left ventricular work index; WSM Meridional LV wall stress, ESWSm Meridional end-systolic wall stress, VCFc Rate-corrected velocity of circumferential fiber shortening
  2. a Student’s t test, b Mann-Whitney u test