Investigation of the correlation between cardiac parameters and aortic diameter in patients with ascending aortic aneurysm

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 5 Pearson correlations eco variables

	IVSd	LVDd	LVPWd	LVDs	LVEF	LAD
IVSd
r	1	*0.420^B	− 0.073^A	*0.341^B	*− 0.342^B	0.128^A
Sig. (p)		0.001	0.566	0.006	0.006	0.346
LVDd
r	*0.420^B	1	0.003^A	**0.821^C	*− 0.334^B−	0.054^A
Sig. (p)	0.001		0.980	0.000	0.007	0.691
LVPWd
r	− 0.073^A	0.003^A	1	− 0.030^A	0.031^A	− 0.077^A
Sig. (p)	0.566	0.980		0.813	0.806	0.574
LVDs
r	*0.341^B	**0.821^C	− 0.030^A	1	**− 0.440^B	− 0.052^A
Sig. (p)	0.006	0.000	0.813		0.000	0.706
LVEF
r	*− 0.342^B−	*− 0.334^B−	0.031^A	**− 0.440^B−	1	0.108^A
Sig. (p)	0.006	0.007	0.806	0.000		0.424
LAD
r	0.128^A	0.054^A	− 0.077^A	− 0.052^A	0.108^A	1
Sig. (p)	0.346	0.691	0.574	0.706	0.424

LAD: Left atrial dimension, LVDd: Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVDs: Left ventricular end-systolic diameter,
LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction, LVPWd: Left ventricular posterior wall thickness, IVSd: Interventricular septum at end diastole
*Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
**Correlation is significant at the 0.001 level (2-tailed)
^AVery week or Negligible correlation, ^BLow positive correlation, ^B−Low negative correlation, ^CHigh positive correlation