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Table 3

Pulsed wave Doppler-derived parameters.

	SH	Control	𝑃 value
E vel (cm/sn)	84 (0.14)	86 (0.13)	0.67
A vel (cm/sn)	64 (0.16)	60 (0.11)	0.37
E/A	1.39 (0.33)	1.44 (0.15)	0.58
DT (msn)	178.86 (41.98)	169.26 (23.68)	0.37
ET (msn)	297.68 (21.10)	298.20 (19.83)	0.93
MPI	0.27 (0.08)	0.22 (0.06)	0.03

E vel: E wave velocity; A vel: A wave velocity; DT: Deceleration time (of mitral E wave); ET: Ejection time; MPI: Myocardial performance index.
All results are expressed as mean values and numbers in brackets denote Standard Deviation.