Induction of Ankrd1 in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Correlates with the Heart Failure Progression
Table 3
Differences in strain parameters between NYHA <IV and NYHA IV groups.
Strain parameter
NYHA class
value
<IV
IV
4C strain (%)
−7.4 ± 1
−4 ± 0.8
0.10
4C strain rate (s−1)
−0.4 ± 0
−0.2 ± 0
0.10
2C strain (%)
−6.7 ± 0.9
−5.1 ± 0.9
0.25
2C strain rate (s−1)
−0.3 ± 0
−0.3 ± 0
0.34
3C strain
−8.1 ± 0.8
−3.9 ± 1.1
0.01
3C strain rate (s−1)
−0.8 ± 0.4
−0.2 ± 0
0.11
Circumferential strain (%)
−5.5 ± 0.5
−4.3 ± 1.2
0.51
Circumferential strain rate (s−1)
−0.4 ± 0
−0.2 ± 0
0.20
Radial strain
17.4 ± 2.3
6.1 ± 1.7
0.01
Radial strain rate (s−1)
1.3 ± 0.1
0.8 ± 0.2
0.11
Note further reduction of systolic strain parameters along disease progression. Significant differences ( value < 0.05 of the Mann-Whitney U test) marked with .
