Research Article

Effect of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction on Left Atrial Mechanics in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Table 7

Inter- and intraobserver variability.

Diff. means (±1.96 SD)
InterobserverIntraobserver

(mL/m2)1.5 (±7.7)1.5 (±2.6)
(mL/m2)0.8 (±8.4)1.5 (±3.0)
(mL/m2)2.6 (±9.8)1.5 (±5.8)
Longitudinal reservoir strain (%)1.3 (±5.2)0.2 (±6.6)
Longitudinal booster strain (%)0.5 (±3.1)0.1 (±3.7)
SRs (%/sec)0.07 (±0.16)0.01 (±0.18)
SRe (%/sec)0.02 (±0.18)0.00 (±0.37)
SRa (%/sec)0.09 (±0.26)0.02 (±0.24)

Difference of means ±1.96 SD: bias and limits of agreement derived from Bland-Altman analysis.