Fig. 6From: Speckle-tracking echocardiography provides sensitive measurements of subtle early alterations associated with cardiac dysfunction in T2DM ratsReceiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for echocardiographic parameters to detect diabetic cardiomyopathy. a The ROC curves for conventional parameters and b STE parameters are shown. EF: ejection fraction; FS, fractional shortening, CO: cardiac output, SV: stroke volume, MV E/A: mitral valve E/A, GLS: global longitudinal strain, GLSR: global longitudinal strain rate, GCS: global circumferential strain, GCSR: global circumferential strain rate, FAC: fractional area changeBack to article page