Table 4 Echocardiographic indexes of left ventricular diastolic function

Mitral E (cm/s)

74 ± 5.64

69 ± 7.28

64 ± 7.00 *

0.003

Mitral A (cm/s)

48 ± 6.29

50 ± 9.62

39 ± 5.67 *^#

0.002

E/A

1.60 ± 0.18

1.37 ± 0.27 *

1.65 ± 0.23 ^#

0.005

IVRT (ms)

33 (33–37)

44 (37–44) *

37 (33–41)

< 0.001

EDT (ms)

52 ± 9.33

51 ± 9.21

49 ± 6.70

0.693

TDI E’ (average. cm/s)

3.93 ± 0.49

3.47 ± 0.56

3.52 ± 0.50

0.048

E/TDI E’ (average)

18.9 ± 2.53

20.1 ± 3.78

18.1 ± 3.23

0.227