Impact of acute hyperglycemia on layer-specific left ventricular strain in asymptomatic diabetic patients: an analysis based on two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Table 5 2D left ventricular speckle-tracking strain analyses in diabetic patients with acute hyperglycemia (Group A) at baseline (upon hospital admission), second (after euglycemia was achieved, 72 h) and third examination (after 3 months)

	Upon hospital admission	Second examination	Third examination	p value*
Peak systolic longitudinal strain (%)
Endo	− 22.8 ± 0.4^a	− 22.4 ± 0.3	− 23.1 ± 0.4	0.334
Mid	− 19.7 ± 0.3	− 19.2 ± 0.3	− 19.9 ± 0.3	0.201
Epi	− 17.4 ± 0.3	− 16.9 ± 0.3	− 17.6 ± 0.3	0.132
Peak systolic circumferential strain (%)
Basal LV level
Endo	− 20.0 ± 0.8	− 20.7 ± 0.8	− 20.2 ± 1.3	0.681
Mid	− 13.8 ± 0.6	− 14.7 ± 0.7	− 15.2 ± 0.8	0.120
Epi	− 9.5 ± 0.4	− 10.6 ± 0.5	− 10.5 ± 0.5	0.071
Mid-cavity LV Level
Endo	− 27.6 ± 0.9	− 27.3 ± 0.8	− 27.0 ± 0.7	0.773
Mid	− 19.5 ± 0.7	− 19.3 ± 0.7	− 19.6 ± 0.7	0.906
Epi	− 13.5 ± 0.5	− 13.9 ± 0.6	− 14.5 ± 0.6	0.293
Apical LV level
Endo	− 35.7 ± 1.0	− 33.4 ± 0.9	− 33.1 ± 0.8	0.103
Mid	− 26.9 ± 0.8	− 25.2 ± 0.8	− 24.9 ± 0.7	0.155
Epi	− 20.7 ± 0.7	− 19.5 ± 0.6	− 19.1 ± 0.7	0.172

Endo subendocardial layer, Mid mid-myocardial layer, Epi subepicardial layer, LV left ventricular
* p—Repeated measures ANOVA: upon hospital admission, second and third examination
^aData are presented as mean±SE

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