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 6

The response of tissue Doppler-derived parameters to thyroid hormone replacement therapy.

	Before treatment	After treatment	𝑃 value
SEPTAL S VELOCITY (cm/sn)	7,68 (0,97)	7,63 (0,99)	0,85
LAT S VELOCITY (cm/sn)	9,52 (1,73)	8,86 (1,19)	0,11
ANT S VELOCITY (cm/sn)	8,83 (1,94)	8,17 (1,10)	0,16
INF S VELOCITY (cm/sn)	8,21 (1,13)	8,22 (0,83)	0,97
SEP E′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	11,45 (3,24)	11,94 (2,89)	0,45
LAT E′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	15,70 (3,97)	16,43 (3,12)	0,19
ANT E′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	13,20 (3,87)	14,53 (2,75)	0,04
INF E′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	13,47 (3,77)	14,38 (2,95)	0,14
SEP A′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	9,15 (2,28)	8,59 (1,78)	0,25
LAT A′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	10,14 (2,74)	9,72 (1,66)	0,36
ANT A′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	9,70 (2,94)	9,17 (2,19)	0,40
INF A′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	9,92 (2,08)	9,40 (1,34)	0,14
MEAN E′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	13,70 (3,39)	14,45 (2,52)	0,13
MEAN A′ VELOCITY (cm/sn)	9,63 (2,27)	9,19 (1,35)	0,22
E′/A′	1,52 (0,58)	1,60 (0,39)	0,31
E/E′	6,13 (1,12)	6,2 (1,01)	0,63

All results are expressed as mean values and numbers in brackets denote Standard Deviation.