Research Article

Early Right Ventricular Apical Pacing-Induced Gene Expression Alterations Are Associated with Deterioration of Left Ventricular Systolic Function

Table 4

Multivariate linear regression analysis for the changes in mRNA levels of OPA1 and SERCA2a.

VariablesModel (OPA1)Model (SERCA2a)
Adjusted R-square = 0.511Adjusted R-square = 0.538
β95% CI95% CI valueβ95% CI95% CI value
LowerUpperLowerUpper

Delta GLS−0.090−0.145−0.0360.002−0.229−0.427−0.0300.026
Delta GCS0.010−0.0100.0310.3170.003−0.0720.7900.930
Delta GRS−0.002−0.0270.0230.895−0.038−0.1300.0530.393
Delta SDI−0.005−0.0330.0230.724−0.020−0.1230.0830.692
Delta LVEF−0.009−0.0260.0080.2830.006−0.0560.0680.848

LVEF: ejection fraction left ventricular; GLS: global longitudinal strain; GRS: global radial strain; GCS: global circumferential strain; SDI: standard deviation index of three-dimensional.