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