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Table 4 Baseline echocardiographic findings of the patients

From: Carotid plaque rather than intima-media thickness as a predictor of recurrent vascular events in patients with acute ischemic stroke

 

VE (n = 142)

No VE (n = 337)

P value

LVEDD (mm2)

48.7 ± 5.3

48.1 ± 4.5

0.174

LVESD (mm2)

31.8 ± 4.9

30.8 ± 4.2

0.046

IVS thickness (mm)

9.7 ± 1.7

9.7 ± 1.6

0.913

PW thickness (mm)

9.4 ± 1.3

9.4 ± 1.2

0.737

LA dimension (mm)

39.5 ± 7.6

38.4 ± 7.7

0.150

Aorta (mm)

32.5 ± 3.8

32.6 ± 7.5

0.917

EF (%)

63.4 ± 6.5

64.8 ± 6.

0.043

E (m/s)

0.62 ± 0.30

0.62 ± 0.63

0.974

A (m/s)

0.71 ± 0.16

0.70 ± 0.21

0.458

DT (msec)

213.5 ± 117

219.3 ± 88

0.607

E’ (m/s)

0.06 ± 0.06

0.07 ± 0.06

0.572

S′ (m/s)

0.09 ± 0.13

0.10 ± 0.52

0.814

E/E’

11.2 ± 7.8

10.4 ± 6.9

0.290

  1. LVEDD left ventricle end diastolic dimension, LVESD left ventricle end systolic dimension, LA left atrium, EF ejection fraction, E early diastolic mitral inflow velocity, A late diastolic mitral inflow velocity, DT deceleration time, E’: early diastolic velocity of mitral septal annulus, S′: systolic velocity of mitral septal annulus