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Table 3 Two-dimensional echocardiographic data of cats in the control and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy groups

From: Assessment of left atrial function in feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by using two- dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Variable

Control (N = 20)

HCM (N = 17)

p-value

PALS

27.25 [21.18,32.97]

13.33 [5.53,17.32]

< 0.001*

Longitudinal strain of each left atrial region

 Septal - base

24.01 [15.84,40.74]

12.30 [5.22,19.01]

0.006*

 Septal - mid

32.12 [25.67,54.54]

17.07 [6.48,24.82]

< 0.001*

 Septal - roof

17.18 [6.22,29.59]

7.57 [3.23,13.13]

0.063

 Lateral - roof

18.43 [6.86,32.19]

4.00 [-0.22,28.47]

0.067

 Lateral- mid

23.30 [18.17,35.77]

15.83 [1.97,25.42]

0.038*

 Lateral- base

37.42 [13.60,46.80]

10.8 [7.22,17.23]

0.002*

  1. PALS peak atrial longitudinal strain, HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  2. Data are expressed as median and 25th, 75th percentiles
  3. * indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05 by Mann-Whitney U Test