The Evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction with Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Women with Subclinical Hypothyroidism and the Effect of L-Thyroxine Treatment on Diastolic Dysfunction: A Pilot Study
Table 4
Tissue Doppler-derived parameters.
SH
Control
value
Septal S
7.68 (0.97)
8.14 (0.99)
0.14
Lateral S
9.52 (1.73)
9.42 (1.50)
0.83
Anterior S
8.83 (1.94)
8.32 (0.90)
0.29
Inferior S
8.21 (1.13)
8.49 (0.96)
0.40
Septal E′
11.45 (3.24)
13.24 (2.44)
0.04
Lateral E′
15.70 (3.97)
16.89 (2.74)
0.27
Anterior E′
13.20 (3.87)
15.65 (2.43)
0.02
Inferior E′
13.47 (3.77)
14.94 (2.10)
0.13
Septal A′
9.15 (2.28)
8.65 (1.39)
0.40
Lateral A′
10.14 (2.74)
9.85 (1.61)
0.67
Anterior A′
9.70 (2.94)
9.22 (1.24)
0.49
Inferior A′
9.92 (2.08)
9.25 (1.45)
0.24
Mean E′
13.70 (3.39)
15.12 (2.26)
0.12
Mean A′
9.63 (2.27)
9.24 (0.97)
0.47
E′/A′
1.52 (0.58)
1.63 (0.25)
0.43
E/E′
6.13 (1.12)
5.09 (1.08)
0.15
All results are expressed as mean values and numbers in brackets denote Standard Deviation.