Electrocardiography as the First Step for the Further Examination of Cardiac Involvement in Myasthenia Gravis

Table 3

Echocardiographic parameters of patients with myasthenia gravis.

	With ECG abnormality ()	Without ECG abnormality ()	value
Ejection fraction (%)	61.2 ± 15.1	66.1 ± 4.8	0.16
LV end-diastolic dimension (mm)	44.7 ± 5.8	47.6 ± 7.3	0.14
LV end-systolic dimension (mm)	31.8 ± 9.5	28.4 ± 4.3	0.90
Septal wall thickness (mm)	8.9 ± 1.6	8.8 ± 1.1	0.63
	11.2 ± 3.2	8.7 ± 2.2	0.03
Left atrium diameter (mm)	36.5 ± 6.6	34.1 ± 5.6	0.20
Wall motion abnormality	5; diffuse	0

LV: left ventricle.