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Table 2 Averaged stress GLS and stress longitudinal strain values of left ventricle segments, and walls in patients with and without severe coronary artery stenosis

From: Role of myocardial strain imaging in diagnosing inducible myocardial ischemia with treadmill contrast-enhanced stress echocardiography

LS of myocardial segments and walls at stress (%), mean ± SD

Coronary artery stenosis

(N = 16)

No coronary artery stenosis (N = 17)

P value

Basal anterior

-18 ± 11

-22 ± 10

0.2

Mid anterior

-20 ± 14

-23 ± 11

0.2

Apical anterior

-18 ± 15

-28 ± 9

0.032

Basal lateral

-14 ± 11

-20 ± 12

0.11

Mid lateral

-14 ± 13

-19 ± 8

0.14

Apical lateral

-17 ± 10

-26 ± 11

0.02

Basal posterior

-18 ± 10

-24 ± 9

0.14

Mid Posterior

-23 ± 13

-23 ± 9

0.5

Apical posterior

-24 ± 13

-27 ± 11

0.4

Basal inferior

-16 ± 10

-21 ± 11

0.15

Mid inferior

-19 ± 11

-22 ± 11

0.23

Apical inferior

-24 ± 13

-27 ± 12

0.29

Basal inferoseptal

-12 ± 8

-18 ± 10

0.08

Mid inferoseptal

-14 ± 7

-22 ± 9

0.023

Apical inferoseptal

-15 ± 11

-23 ± 12

0.02

Basal anteroseptal

-12 ± 11

-18 ± 10

0.14

Mid anteroseptal

-14 ± 12

-21 ± 9

0.03

Apical anteroseptal

-23 ± 17

-32 ± 13

0.05

Two-Chamber

-18 ± 9

-25 ± 8

0.057

Three-Chamber

-18 ± 9

-25 ± 8

0.04

Four-Chamber

-15 ± 6

-23 ± 8

0.009

Averaged

-17 ± 7

-24 ± 7

0.041

Anterior

-19 ± 9

-24 ± 8

0.03

Lateral

-15 ± 9

-21 ± 8

0.08

Posterior

-22 ± 10

-25 ± 6

0.41

Inferior

-20 ± 10

-23 ± 9

0.19

Inferoseptal

-14 ± 6

-20 ± 7

0.016

Anteroseptal

-16 ± 9

-24 ± 8

0.047

  1. GLS: Global longitudinal strain