From: Effects of community-acquired pneumonia on biventricular cardiac functions in children
Patients (n = 50) | Control (n = 50) | P value | |
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Conventional echocardiography FS% | 40.09 ± 3.91 | 39.04 ± 3.16 | 0.144 |
Tissue Doppler imaging Mitral S (cm/s) LV E’/A’ LV MPI Tricuspid S (cm/s) RV E’/A’ RV MPI | 5.60 ± 1.07 1.44 ± 0.24 0.50 ± 0.08 7.44 ± 1.98 1.37 ± 0.27 0.48 ± 0.09 | 7.26 ± 1.03 1.49 ± 0.22 0.39 ± 0.05 7.84 ± 1.16 1.66 ± 0.38 0.36 ± 0.05 | < 0.001* 0.264 < 0.001* 0.217 < 0.001* < 0.001* |
2D-STE GS (4 C) | -18.49 ± 4.01 | -21.88 ± 2.31 | < 0.001* |