Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization for Coronary Artery Disease
Table 2
Clinical and hemodynamic features of patient subgroups stratified by left ventricular relaxation time constant (Tau) and peak early diastolic mitral annular velocity ().
Tau
≤48 ms
>48 ms
Value
≥5.8 cm/s
<5.8 cm/s
value
()
()
()
()
Age, year
NS
<0.001
Men
76%
82%
NS
80%
75%
NS
Body mass index, kg/m2
NS
NS
Hypertension
47%
53%
NS
52%
49%
NS
Diabetes
40%
41%
NS
35%
53%
<0.05
Dyslipidemia
80%
94%
<0.01
83%
91%
NS
Previous myocardial infarction
48%
76%
<0.001
53%
75%
<0.01
Previous coronary revascularization
42%
53%
NS
44%
52%
NS
Coronary revascularization after the index cardiac catheterization