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Table 5 Layer-specific segmental left ventricular longitudinal and circumferential strain analysis (n = 20)

From: Ventricular strain analysis in patients with no structural heart disease using a vendor-independent speckle-tracking software

Variable

Full-thickness

Endocardial-only

Epicardial-only

P Value

Intra-class correlation coefficient(95% confidence interval)

Segmental longitudinal S (%)

 Anterior

−19.8 ± 3.1

−19.6 ± 3.1

−17.1 ± 2.8a

< 0.001

0.96 (0.82–0.96)

 Anteroseptal

− 19.1 ± 3.1

−19.1 ± 2.9

−16.5 ± 2.4a

< 0.001

0.90 (0.68–0.93)

 Inferior

− 19.8 ± 3.2

−19.7 ± 3.3

−17.0 ± 3.0a

< 0.001

0.94 (0.78–0.95)

 Lateral

− 19.8 ± 3.0

−19.6 ± 2.9

−15.9 ± 3.2a

< 0.001

0.94 (0.65–0.92)

 Posterior

−18.2 ± 3.1

− 18.2 ± 3.2

−15.0 ± 1.9a

< 0.001

0.94 (0.70–0.93)

 Septal

− 19.1 ± 2.6

− 19.0 ± 2.3

− 16.2 ± 2.5a

< 0.001

0.89 (0.58–0.91)

Segmental longitudinal SRs (1/s)

 Anterior

− 1.1 ± 0.2

− 1.1 ± 0.2

− 0.9 ± 0.2a

< 0.001

0.94 (0.80–0.96)

 Anteroseptal

− 1.1 ± 0.2

− 1.1 ± 0.2

−1.0 ± 0.2a

< 0.001

0.92 (0.77–0.94)

 Inferior

−1.1 ± 0.2

−1.1 ± 0.2

− 0.9 ± 0.2a

< 0.001

0.91 (0.74–0.94)

 Lateral

− 1.1 ± 0.2

−1.1 ± 0.2

− 0.9 ± 0.2a

< 0.001

0.94 (0.68–0.93)

 Posterior

− 1.1 ± 0.2

−1.1 ± 0.2

−0.9 ± 0.2a

< 0.001

0.93 (0.67–0.93)

 Septal

− 1.1 ± 0.2

−1.1 ± 0.1

− 0.9 ± 0.2a

< 0.001

0.84 (0.56–0.90)

Segmental circumferential S (%)

 Anterior

−24.6 ± 7.0

−24.7 ± 6.7

− 15.3 ± 5.0a

< 0.001

0.92 (0.53–0.90)

 Anteroseptal

− 24.9 ± 6.0

− 25.2 ± 6.4

− 16.9 ± 5.2a

< 0.001

0.94 (0.60–0.91)

 Inferior

− 23.7 ± 5.9

− 23.7 ± 6.4

− 18.8 ± 6.8a

< 0.001

0.90 (0.73–0.94)

 Lateral

− 22.7 ± 6.6

−22.7 ± 6.4

− 15.2 ± 5.2a

< 0.001

0.92 (0.63–0.92)

 Posterior

− 23.9 ± 7.4

− 23.5 ± 7.5

− 16.4 ± 4.9a

< 0.001

0.92 (0.66–0.93)

 Septal

−22.0 ± 5.8

−22.3 ± 5.7

− 17.7 ± 6.5a

< 0.001

0.84 (0.59–0.91)

Segmental circumferential SRs (1/s)

 Anterior

− 1.5 ± 0.5

− 1.5 ± 0.5

−1.0 ± 0.4a

< 0.001

0.86 (0.54–0.90)

 Anteroseptal

−1.6 ± 0.5

−1.6 ± 0.5

−1.1 ± 0.5a

< 0.001

0.95 (0.75–0.94)

 Inferior

−1.6 ± 0.5

−1.6 ± 0.5

−1.2 ± 0.5a

< 0.001

0.95 (0.82–0.96)

 Lateral

−1.4 ± 0.4

−1.4 ± 0.4

−1.0 ± 0.4a

< 0.001

0.83 (0.50–0.89)

 Posterior, 1/s

−1.5 ± 0.6

−1.5 ± 0.6

−1.1 ± 0.5a

< 0.001

0.96 (0.82–0.96)

 Septal, 1/s

−1.4 ± 0.5

−1.4 ± 0.4

−1.2 ± 0.5b

0.009

0.86 (0.70–0.93)

  1. Abbreviations: S Systolic strain, SRs Systolic strain rate
  2. Continuous data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  3. aP < 0.001 when compared with full-thickness and endocardial-only groups
  4. bP < 0.05 when compared with full-thickness and endocardial-only groups