The Evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction with Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Women with Subclinical Hypothyroidism and the Effect of L-Thyroxine Treatment on Diastolic Dysfunction: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Two-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic findings.

	SH	Control	𝑃 value
LVEF (%)	71.72 (4,61)	74.2 (4,68)	0.09
IVS (cm)	0.97 (0,12)	0.88 (0,1)	0.01
Posterior wall (cm)	1.0 (0,13)	0.92 (0,13)	0.04
LVEDD (cm)	4,61 (0.34)	4.73 (0.35)	0.29
LVESD (cm)	2.92 (0.26)	2.90 (0.32)	0.84

LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; IVS: interventricular septum; LVEDD: Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: Left ventricular end-systolic diameter.
All results are expressed as mean values and numbers in brackets denote Standard Deviation.