Evaluation of Subclinical Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Chronic Asymptomatic Alcoholics by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
Table 2
Conventional echocardiographic data of alcoholic patients and controls.
Control group
Alcoholic group
ARD (mm)
29.67 ± 1.40
30.33 ± 1.40
0.252
LV-EDD (mm)
46.80 ± 1.77
48.21 ± 1.61
0.150
LV-ESD (mm)
28.33 ± 1.71
29.17 ± 1.57
0.359
EF%
70.33 ± 1.06
69.74 ± 1.03
0.695
FS%
39.93 ± 2.87
39.71 ± 2.86
0.862
IVS (cm)
0.95 ± 0.16
0.96 ± 0.15
0.457
PWT (cm)
0.94 ± 0.20
0.90 ± 0.20
0.219
LAD (mm)
31.83 ± 0.47
34.13 ± 0.56
0.003
Mit E wave velocity (m/s)
0.77 ± 0.16
0.78 ± 0.16
0.775
Mit E DT (ms)
204.01 ± 6.17
186.14 ± 4.49
0.019
Mit A wave velocity (m/s)
0.71 ± 0.16
0.64 ± 0.12
0.03
E/A
1.14 ± 0.37
1.28 ± 0.39
0.120
ET (msn)
250.20 ± 28.84
253.76 ± 24.01
0.439
IVRT (msn)
78.97 ± 21.04
76.98 ± 20.58
0.393
IVCT (msn)
57.17 ± 15.15
56.62 ± 22.39
0.772
MPI
0.55 ± 0.15
0.53 ± 0.18
0.210
ARD: aortic root diameter, LV: left ventricular, EDD: end diastolic diameter, ESD: end systolic diameter, EF: ejection fraction, FS: fractional shortening, IVS: septal thickness at end diastole, PWT: posterior wall thickness at end diastole, LAD: left atrium diameter, DT: deceleration time, ET: ejection time, IVRT: isovolumetric relaxation time, IVCT: isovolumetric contraction time, MPI: Myocardial Performance Index.
