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Table 3 Comparison of global left ventricular strain in sarcoidosis patients by quartiles of ejection fraction

From: Left ventricular myocardial deformation assessment in asymptomatic patients with recently diagnosed sarcoidosis of the respiratory tract and/or extrapulmonary sarcoidosis

 

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

p value

GLS (%)

− 12.1 ± 3.9

− 13.6 ± 2.4

− 14.2 ± 2.8

− 15.6 ± 2.9

1.10–5

GCS (%)

− 19.7 ± 3.1

− 22.3 ± 2.1

− 23.7 ± 2.5

− 26.2 ± 4.3

2.10–9

GRS (%)

− 43.6 ± 9.7

54.1 ± 11.2

55.4 ± 14.4

56.6 ± 14.3

0.081

  1. Variables with the Gaussian distribution are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation
  2. GLS global longitudinal strain, GCS global circumferential strain, GRS global radial strain
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

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