Global Longitudinal Strain May Be the One that Appropriately Identifies Candidates of ICD Implantation

Table 2

STE-derived echocardiographic parameters of the participants.

Echocardiographic parameters	Mean ± SD	Range
LVEDD (mm)	4.8 ± 0.9	2.9–6.9
LVESD (mm)	4.7 ± 1.0	1.4–5.8
IVST (mm)	2.6 ± 0.9	0.8–4.5
PWT (mm)	1.5 ± 0.7	0.7–4.5
MWT (mm)	2.6 ± 0.9	0.8–4.5
LVEF (%)	54.7 ± 11.1	25.0–69.0
LA-D (mm)	3.9 ± 0.8	2.5–5.7
E/A ratio	0.9 ± 0.1	0.5–1.0
GLS (%)	−13.9 ± 5.2	−5.7–−22.2
Aorta root (mm)	3.1 ± 0.4	2.4–3.8

STE: speckle-tracking echocardiography; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; IVST: interventricular septal thickness; PWT: posterior wall thickness; MWT: maximum wall thickness; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LA-D: left atrium diameter; E/A ratio: early to late (A) ventricular filling velocities ratio; GLS: global longitudinal strain. Due to the normality of the right ventricular parameters, data were not reported.