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Table 3 Global and regional responses to inotropic stimulation in the noBB Group

From: Enoximone echocardiography: a novel test to evaluate left ventricular contractile reserve in patients with heart failure on chronic beta-blocker therapy

 

Dobutamine

Enoximone

p

Δ EDV (ml)

-23 ± 20

-18 ± 25

0.5688

Δ ESV (ml)

-35 ± 24

-30 ± 13

0.4791

Δ EF (units)

9.0 ± 5

8.7 ± 4

0.8583

Δ bsv (cm/s)

1.75 ± 2.13

1.26 ± 1.72

0.6377

Δ msv (cm/s)

1.11 ± 2.67

1.54 ± 1.76

0.6340

Δ blv (cm/s)

2.98 ± 3.31

1.46 ± 2.01

0.1780

Δ mlv (cm/s)

2.48 ± 1.84

0.97 ± 2.09

0.0320

Δ biv (cm/s)

2.17 ± 2.21

0.92 ± 0.79

0.0561

Δ miv (cm/s)

1.31 ± 3.34

0.84 ± 0.75

0.6420

Δ bav (cm/s)

3.81 ± 2.53

0.10 ± 3.17

0.0174

Δ mav (cm/s)

2.80 ± 2.53

0.0 3 ± 2.17

0.0170

  1. Δ = difference between stress and baseline values; other abbreviations as in Table 1.