Table 2 Baseline and serial postinfarct echocardiogram parameters.

From: Heart rhythm complexity analysis in patients with inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction

 

Echocardiogram

Control

Inferior STEMI

Acute stage (N = 34)

3 months (N = 20)

6 months (N = 22)

1 year (N = 32)

IVST, mm

11.3 ± 1.5

10.9 ± 1.6

10.6 ± 1.3

10.9 ± 1.3

11.2 ± 2.1

 P value*

–

0.257

0.054

0.244

0.793

 P value#

–

–

0.242

0.832

0.251

LVPWT, mm

10.6 ± 1.9

10.1 ± 1.4

10.5 ± 1.9

10.7 ± 1.2

11.0 ± 1.5

 P value*

–

0.697

0.910

0.919

0.350

 P value#

–

–

0.709

0.383

0.030

LVEDD, mm

48.0 ± 4.1

47.1 ± 6.1

49.3 ± 4.6

49.5 ± 4.3

50.4 ± 4.9

 P value*

–

0.445

0.228

0.133

0.014

 P value#

–

–

0.001

 < 0.001

0.004

LVESD, mm

29.1 ± 4.1

32.8 ± 6.1

32.5 ± 5.5

32.0 ± 4.7

33.7 ± 5.8

 P value*

–

0.003

0.005

0.008

 < 0.001

 P value#

–

–

0.171

0.015

0.182

LVEF, %

69.1 ± 6.4

56.9 ± 10.6

61.5 ± 9.1

62.9 ± 9.0

60.0 ± 9.9

 P value*

–

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.001

 < 0.001

 P value#

–

–

0.029

0.023

0.177

EA

0.9 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.4

 P value*

–

0.010

0.234

0.381

0.039

 P value#

–

–

0.409

0.213

0.942

  1. *Using student T test compared with control subjects,
  2. #Using paired T test, compared with inferior STEMI acute stage data.
  3. IVSD intraventricular septum diameter, LVPWD LV posterior wall diameter, LVEDD LV end-diastolic diameter, LVESD LV end-systolic diameter, LVEF LV ejection fraction.
  4. Significant values are in bold.
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