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

Table 4 Comparison (mean ± SD) of right ventricular echocardiographic findings

Variable	asthmatic children	Healthy controls	p value
Variable	50 (M/F = 35/15)	40 (M/F = 17/23)	p value
RSV (ml)	50.01 ± 18.26	64.70 ± 23.66	0.002^b
RVWT (cm)	0,47 ± 0,11	0,47 ± 0,10	0.980^a
RV-EF (%)	0.73 ± 0.15	0.71 ± 0.13	0.385^b
DT (msn)	198.19 ± 62.73	189.87 ± 46.76	0.490^b
RV-FS (%)	0.42 ± 0.12	0.39 ± 0.10	0.372^a
E/A	1.72 ± 0.26	1.80 ± 0.33	0.243^a
R-sist (ms)	362.78 ± 32.74	362.72 ± 28.90	0.807^b
TAPSE (cm)	2.02 ± 0.20	2.15 ± 0.32	0.034^b
RV WI (gm-m/m²)	4.24 ± 1.20	4.57 ± 1.68	0.572^b
RVPEP/RVET (ms)	0.19 ± 0.04	0.19 ± 0.03	0.767^b
RPEP/AT (ms)	0.50 ± 0.13	0.51 ± 0.11	0.679^b
AT/PAET (ms)	0.39 ± 0.06	0.38 ± 0.05	0.372^b

RSV Right ventricle stroke volume, RVWT Right ventricular wall thickness, RV-EF Right ventricle ejection fraction; RV-FS Right ventricle fractional shortening, A Peak velocity during late diastole, E Peak velocity during early diastole, DT Deceleration Time, R-sist T Right ventricle systolic time (contraction time), TAPSE Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, RVWI Right ventricular work index, RVPEP/RVET Right Ventricle Pre-Ejection Period/Right ventricle Ejection Time, RPEP/AT Right ventricle Pre-Ejection Period/Right ventricle Acceleration Time, AT/PAET Acceleration time/Pulmonary artery Ejection Time
^a student’s t test, ^b Mann-Whitney u test

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