Research Article

Echocardiographic Features of Cardiomyopathy in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

Table 3

Evaluation of systolic and diastolic function in EDMD and healthy controls.

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

LVEF (%)52.2 (46.4–58.7)54.0 (43.0–59.0)64.6 (62.1–67.3)0.94<0.001
s’ (cm/s)8.0 (7.0–10.1)8.3 (6.8–9.1)8.7 (8.4–9.1)0.900.02
TAPSE (mm)24.0 (18.5–25.5)22.0 (18.3–24.0)28.0 (24.0–30.0)0.56<0.001
TRPG (mmHg)20.0 (16.5–31.0)19.5 (0.0–30.0)10.0 (10.0–16.0)0.62<0.0001
e’ (cm/s)9.8 (8.1–11.3)8.0 (6.7–10.5)11.6 (11.0–12.5)0.27<0.001
a’ (cm/s)6.7 (5.9–7.4)6.5 (6.2–7.6)8.4 (7.6–9.7)1.001.00
E/e’7.3 (5.4–10.2)6.5 (5.8–13.1)5.8 (5.5–6.4)0.740.01
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
Vprop (cm/s)61.8 (50.6–79.4)68.6 (40.9–73.8)71.0 (62.9–90.4)0.860.03
IVRT (ms)85.0 (72.5–95.5)69.0 (61.0–79.5)81.0 (66.5–91.5)0.020.84

a’: late diastolic annulus velocity; e’: early diastolic annulus velocity; E/e’: mitral early peak velocity/annular velocity; IVRT: isovolumetric relaxation time; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LAVi: left atrial volume index; s’: systolic annulus velocity; TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; TRPG: tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient; Vprop: inflow propagation velocity.