LV EF: left ventricular ejection fraction; PAPs: systolic pulmonary arterial pressure; IVS: interventricular septal thickness; PW: posterior wall thickness; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end systolic diameter; LA: left atrium; RA: right atrium; RV: right ventricle.
The number of patients with normal GLS values were equal in the groups and there were 4 patients whose GLS values were borderline in the asymptomatic group, while there was none in the symptomatic group. The number of patients with impaired GLS values in the symptomatic group were higher than the asymptomatic group (15 patients in the symptomatic group and 4 patients in the asymptomatic group) and the difference was statistically different (p=0,008). The average GLS values were -18,88±2,50 in the asymptomatic group and -17,40±3,68 in symptomatic group but the difference was not statistically significant (p=0,098). The distribution of the number of the patients according to the GLS borders is shown in Figure 2 and the distribution of patients in the impaired GLS values and the average GLS values of the groups are shown in Table 3.
Figure 2. The GLS values in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients