Research Article

Echocardiographic Features of Cardiomyopathy in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

Table 2

Cardiac chamber diameters and volumes of EDMD patients and healthy controls.

EDMD1 patients, n = 29EDMD2 patients, n = 12Healthy controls, n = 25 value, EDMD1 versus EDMD2 value, EDMD versus control

LVEDdi (mm/m2)29.3 (26.8–32.0)32.0 (29.9–33.2)25.5 (23.5–27.6)0.26<0.001
LVEDVi (ml/m2)71.9 (53.7–92.4)63.2 (56.2–86.2)48.2 (43.0–51.9)0.83<0.001
LVESdi (mm/m2)19.1 (15.4–23.1)20.3 (16.6–22.1)15.7 (14.3–17.9)0.70<0.001
LVESVi (ml/m2)35.1 (24.0–45.6)30.8 (22.9–48.4)16.6 (14.1–18.9)0.90<0.001
RVdi (mm/m2)12.8 (11.3–15.5)14.4 (12.4–18.1)12.9 (12.5–14.3)0.180.37
LAdi (mm/m2)20.7 (19.2–22.7)23.4 (20.1–24.6)18.4 (17.8–20.0)0.07<0.001
LAVi (ml/m2)34.6 (26.9–39.6)35.9 (24.9–39.2)24.4 (20.7–26.4)0.81<0.001
RAVi (ml/m2)41.6 (28.6–76.7)35.9 (28.5–47.9)19.6 (17.8–22.9)0.53<0.001

LAdi: left atrium dimension index; LAVi: left atrial volume index; LVEDdi: left ventricular end-diastolic dimension index; LVEDVi: left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVESdi: left ventricular end-systolic dimension index; LVESVi: left ventricular end-systolic volume index; RAVi: right atrial volume index; RVdi: right ventricular dimension index.