Left Ventricular End Diastolic Volume and Ejection Fraction Calculation: Correlation between Three Echocardiographic Methods

Table 1

Main clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of the patients in this study.

Characteristics	(n = 474)
Age (years)	63 (50–75)
Men	256 (54.0%)
LVM indexed to body surface (g/m^2)	93 (77–111)
LVEF (%)
Median, SB	63 (60–69)
Median, 3D	62 (57–68)
Median, STE	61 (57–65)
EDV (ml)
Median, SB	85 (71–106)
Median, 3D	73 (59–89)
Median, STE	82 (69–100)
GLS (%)	-19 (-21–18)
Echogenicity
Good	272 (57.4%)
Moderate	179 (37.8%)
Poor	23 (4.9%)

Data are median and interquartile range or number (%). GLS: global longitudinal strain; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; EDV: end diastolic volume; SB: Simpson’s biplane method; 3D: three-dimensional echocardiography; STE: speckle tracking echocardiography; LVM: left ventricular mass.