Cardiology Research, ISSN 1923-2829 print, 1923-2837 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 4, Number 1, February 2013, pages 26-30


Diastolic Function Evaluations by Tissue Doppler Imaging in Patients With Mitral Valve Prolapse

Table

Table 1. Tissue Doppler Echocardiographic Parameters
 
VariablesMVP groupNormal groupP value
E: peak early mitral inflow velocity; A: peak atrial mitral inflow velocity; S: systolic forward flow; D: diastolic forward flow; E’: early diastolic myocardial velocity; A’: late diastolic myocardial velocities.
Left ventricle diameter (cm)4.50 ± 0.434.35 ± 0.390.053
Left atrium diameter (cm)2.73 ± 0.322.66 ± 0.320.3
Left atrium volume (cm2)42.31 ± 10.4735.19 ± 9.15< 0.001
Mitral annulus diameter (mm)
(4 chamber view)
27.84 ± 3.3027.79 ± 2.750.55
Mitral annulus diameter (mm)
(2 chamber view)
27.56 ± 3.2227.55 ± 2.600.97
E (cm/s)81.02 ± 18.9381.20 ± 14.140.95
A (cm/s)58.76 ± 14.6359.51 ± 12.620.78
E’ (cm/s)15.36 ± 4.1416.45 ± 3.970.37
A’ (cm/s)8.89 ± 3.628.69 ± 2.210.73
E/A1.45 ± 0.471.41 ± 0.340.59
E’/A’2.08 ± 1.092.03 ± 0.960.79
E/E’5.58 ± 2.675.33 ± 1.330.39
S (cm/s)22.38 ± 2.7210.78 ± 3.240.29
Pulmonary vein systolic flow velocity (cm/s)51.85 ± 9.5955.09 ± 9.260.07
Pulmonary vein diastolic flow velocity (cm/s)51.56 ± 13.2449.33 ± 12.770.37
S/D1.06 ± 0.301.18 ± 0.360.07
Left ventricle ejection fraction (%)62.82 ± 5.1063.05 ± 5.210.44
Deceleration time (ms)186.70 ± 26.00176.89 ± 20.360.03