Research Article

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.

SHControl value

Septal S7.68 (0.97)8.14 (0.99)0.14
Lateral S9.52 (1.73)9.42 (1.50)0.83
Anterior S8.83 (1.94)8.32 (0.90)0.29
Inferior S8.21 (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.