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Table 4 Mediating effects of DM on RVGLS and RVGCS with the mediators LVGLS and LVGR

From: The right ventricular dysfunction and ventricular interdependence in patients with DM: assessment using cardiac MR feature tracking

 

RVGLS

RVGCS

 

Direct effect

Indirect effect

Direct effect

Indirect effect

LVGLS

1.175 (− 0.762,3.111)

0.655 (0.138,1.265)*

2.614 (0.970,4.258)*

0.336 (0.002,0.820)*

LVGCS

1.830 (− 0.123,3.783)

0.279 (− 0.088,0.905)

2.582 (0.940,4.224)*

0.368 (0.028,0.855)*

  1. LVGLS: left ventricular global longitudinal strain; LVGCS: left ventricular global circumferential strain; RVGLS: right ventricular global longitudinal strain; RVGCS: right ventricular global circumferential strain