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Table 2 Echocardiography results

From: Ventricular and atrial function assessment with transthoracic echocardiography in patients with rheumatic inflammatory disease

 

All rheumatic diseases

SLE (n = 30)

Systemic sclerosis (n = 21)

Rheumatoid arthritis (n = 10)

HC (n = 64)

Cases (n = 64)

P value

HC

SLE

p value

HC

SSc

p value

HC

RA

p value

LVEF (%)

55.16 ± 0.88

53.91 ± 6.00

0.104

55.17 ± 0.91

54.33 ± 2.54

0.099

55.24 ± 1.09

55.00 ± 2.24

0.663

55.00 ± 0.00

54.50 ± 1.58

0.331

LVEDD (mm)

40.03 ± 3.35

47.23 ± 3.82

 < 0.001

39.57 ± 3.45

47.03 ± 4.13

 < 0.001

39.48 ± 2.66

46.95 ± 3.58

 < 0.001

41.90 ± 3.76

48.20 ± 3.05

0.001

LVESD (mm)

23.27 ± 4.84

30.86 ± 4.90

 < 0.001

23.10 ± 4.55

30.37 ± 5.23

 < 0.001

22.19 ± 4.66

29.52 ± 3.43

 < 0.001

25.30 ± 5.62

33.50 ± 3.92

0.001

RVEDD (mm)

28.05 ± 1.69

28.66 ± 2.69

0.128

27.90 ± 1.71

28.37 ± 3.00

0.463

28.00 ± 1.55

28.38 ± 2.08

0.505

28.30 ± 2.06

29.00 ± 1.83

0.431

RA area (cm2)

11.41 ± 1.90

13.07 ± 2.85

 < 0.001

11.50 ± 1.80

13.17 ± 3.42

0.022

11.62 ± 2.29

12.67 ± 2.35

0.152

11.10 ± 1.45

13.05 ± 2.17

0.029

RV septal strain (%)

21.05 ± 2.11

16.33 ± 4.00

 < 0.001

20.83 ± 2.35

16.03 ± 4.31

 < 0.001

20.67 ± 1.93

15.90 ± 2.93

 < 0.001

22.00 ± 1.49

17.40 ± 4.95

0.017

RV free wall strain (%)

26.47 ± 2.59

23.23 ± 4.14

 < 0.001

26.73 ± 1.87

23.07 ± 4.00

 < 0.001

26.19 ± 1.89

22.57 ± 3.70

 < 0.001

25.80 ± 4.76

24.30 ± 4.52

0.479

Average longitudinal RV strain (%)

24.09 ± 2.08

19.31 ± 3.68

 < 0.001

24.10 ± 1.99

19.03 ± 3.52

 < 0.001

23.48 ± 1.89

18.67 ± 3.10

 < 0.001

24.80 ± 2.25

20.70 ± 4.57

0.020

TAPSE (mm)

25.61 ± 1.53

21.70 ± 2.99

 < 0.001

25.77 ± 1.28

21.77 ± 2.49

 < 0.001

25.62 ± 1.53

22.33 ± 2.94

 < 0.001

25.10 ± 2.28

20.90 ± 3.32

0.004

RV systolic myocardial velocity (cm/s)

15.86 ± 1.48

12.73 ± 2.30

 < 0.001

15.97 ± 1.40

12.70 ± 2.31

 < 0.001

16.00 ± 1.34

13.05 ± 2.06

 < 0.001

15.10 ± 2.02

12.50 ± 1.51

0.004

RV fractional area change (%)

37.83 ± 3.13

29.53 ± 7.18

 < 0.001

37.67 ± 2.93

29.44 ± 7.37

 < 0.001

37.14 ± 3.18

27.42 ± 6.41

 < 0.001

38.80 ± 3.22

32.30 ± 4.42

0.001

IVC diameter (mm)

12.06 ± 2.14

15.03 ± 3.18

 < 0.001

11.67 ± 2.12

15.07 ± 2.91

 < 0.001

12.48 ± 2.46

15.52 ± 3.38

0.002

12.00 ± 1.33

13.30 ± 2.11

0.120

SPAP

19.19 ± 1.92

30.61 ± 8.51

 < 0.001

19.17 ± 1.58

30.43 ± 9.84

 < 0.001

18.90 ± 2.00

31.81 ± 7.42

 < 0.001

20.20 ± 2.62

27.80 ± 5.10

0.001

  1. Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables
  2. HC healthy control, SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, SSc systemic sclerosis, RA rheumatoid arthritis, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVESD left ventricular end-systolic diameter, RVEDD right ventricular end-diastolic diameter, RA right atrium, RV right ventricle, TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, IVC inferior vena cava, SPAP systolic pulmonary artery pressure