Research Article
Acute Effects of Insulin on Cardiac Function in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Applicability and Feasibility
Table 3
Cardiac echocardiographic parameters during EHC.
| LVF parameter | Baseline | Step 1 | Step 2 |
| Systolic | LV EF (%) | 67.6 ± 2.0 | 73.9 ± 3.5# | 74.5 ± 3.8 | LVFS (%) | 36.9 ± 1.6 | 41.3 ± 2.1# | 43.0 ± 2.2 |
| Diastolic | E wave (cm/sec) | 82.3 ± 8.6 | 80.2 ± 8.7§ | 84.2 ± 10.0§ | A wave (cm/sec) | 65.7 ± 5.2 | 60 ± 5.2§ | 65.4 ± 4.1§ | E/A | 1.31 ± 0.19 | 1.35 ± 0.18§ | 1.3 ± 0.16§ | E deceleration time (msec) | 204 ± 13.5 | 252.2 ± 34.9§ | 295 ± 61.8§ | E′ (cm) | 10.6 ± 0.9 | 11.1 ± 0.9§ | 11.1 ± 1.1§ | E′ medial (cm) | 8.8 ± 0.9 | 9.5 ± 0.8∧ | 9.0 ± 1.0§ | E′ lateral (cm) | 12.3 ± 1.0 | 13.0 ± 0.9§ | 13.4 ± 1.2§ | A′ (cm) | 7.9 ± 0.3 | 9.5 ± 0.5⊗ | 10.1 ± 0.4 | A′ medial (cm) | 6.6 ± 0.3 | 8.6 ± 0.3@ | 9.5 ± 0.5# | A′ lateral (cm) | 9.2 ± 0.5 | 10.8 ± 0.6## | 10.75 ± 0.3# | E/E′ | 7.8 ± 0.5 | 7.5 ± 0.4§ | 7.6 ± 0.6§ |
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