Research Article
The Clinical Features and Emotional Stressors in Korean Patients with Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy
Table 3
The comparison of echocardiographic findings between the subgroups.
| | Total (n = 103) | E group (n = 15) | Other group (n = 88) | P |
| Initial TTE findings | | | | | Ballooning pattern | | | | | Typical TTC pattern, n (%) | 79 (77) | 11 (73) | 68 (77) | 0.554 | Inverted TTC pattern, n (%) | 20 (19) | 4 (27) | 16 (18) | | Mid-ventricular pattern, n (%) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 4 (5) | | Localized pattern, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | LVEF (%) | 40.5 ± 8.0 | 45.7 ± 4.3 | 39.6 ± 8.2 | 0.001* | LVEDD (mm) | 51.8 ± 6.1 | 49.5 ± 2.7 | 52.2 ± 6.9 | 0.009* | LVESD (mm) | 36.9 ± 7.0 | 30.8 ± 4.8 | 37.9 ± 6.8 | 0.001* | LAVI (mL/m2) | 28.2 ± 14.7 | 22.0 ± 3.8 | 29.3 ± 15.6 | 0.077 | RVSP (mmHg) | 33.7 ± 3.6 | 33.4 ± 3.2 | 33.8 ± 3.7 | 0.696 | E/E′ | 10.8 ± 5.5 | 10.1 ± 2.9 | 11.0 ± 5.8 | 0.638 | SAM | 13 (13) | 3 (20) | 10 (11) | 0.352 | Significant MR, n (%) | 25 (24) | 5 (33) | 20 (23) | 0.376 | Significant AR, n (%) | 6 (6) | 2 (13) | 4 (5) | 0.179 | Significant TR, n (%) | 15 (15) | 4 (27) | 11 (13) | 0.151 | Follow-up TTE findings | | | | | LVEF (%) | 62.9 ± 4.7 | 65.4 ± 5.1 | 62.5 ± 4.5 | 0.061 | LVEDD (mm) | 49.7 ± 5.3 | 50.4 ± 5.0 | 49.6 ± 5.4 | 0.664 | LVESD (mm) | 31.2 ± 4.2 | 29.6 ± 4.8 | 31.0 ± 4.1 | 0.187 | LAVI (mL/m2) | 27.6 ± 14.2 | 25.8 ± 3.4 | 27.7 ± 15.2 | 0.684 | RVSP (mmHg) | 31.8 ± 4.7 | 31.7 ± 4.7 | 32.0 ± 4.0 | 0.280 | E/E′ | 10.5 ± 5.3 | 11.7 ± 3.1 | 9.5 ± 3.3 | 0.478 | SAM | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | — | Significant MR, n (%) | 9 (9) | 2 (13) | 7 (8) | 0.495 | Reversible MR, n (%) | 16 (16) | 3 (20) | 13 (15) | 0.605 | Significant AR, n (%) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) | 4 (5) | 0.400 | Significant TR, n (%) | 9 (8) | 1 (7) | 8 (9) | 0.224 |
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TTE: transthoracic echocardiography; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LAVI: left atrial volume index; RVSP: right ventricular systolic pressure; E/E′: early diastolic mitral inflow velocity/early diastolic annular velocity; SAM: systolic anterior motion of anterior mitral leaflet; MR: mitral regurgitation; TRL: tricuspid regurgitation; AR: aortic regurgitation.
*Significant finding.
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