Table 2: Effect of infarction on the hemodynamic and conventional echocardiographic variables of LV.

 

Control

MI

p

EDV (ml)

63.53±9.01

64.50±12.39

NS

ESV (ml)

30.25±5.95

42.47±8.88

p < 0.001

SV (ml)

33.30±4.86

22.09±5.78

p < 0.001

EF (%)

51.60±5.03

34.08±6.40

p < 0.001

CO (ml/min)

3094.40±570.37

2338.84±641.48

p = 0.001

LVSP (mmHg)

95.35±11.96

84.41±11.39

p < 0.001

LV dP/dtmax (mmHg/s)

1.36±0.31

1.16±0.32

p = 0.008

HR (beats/min)

94.08±17.91

106.88±17.64

p < 0.001

E/e΄ ratio

8.15±4.22

9.92±4.46

NS

EDV: LV End-Diastolic Volume (ml), ESV: LV End-Systolic Volume (ml), SV: LV Stroke Volume (ml), EF: LV Ejection Fraction (%), CO: Cardiac Output (ml/min), LVSP: LV End-Systolic Pressure (mmHg), LV dP/dtmax: the maximal rate of rise of LV Pressure according to time (mmHg/s), HR: Heart rate (beats/min), E: mitral early filling velocity (m/s), e´: early diastolic mitral annulus velocity by tissue Doppler imaging, E/e´: ratio of two velocities.

The values are averages ± standard deviation.