Effects of community-acquired pneumonia on biventricular cardiac functions in children

Table 5 Echocardiographic data of the patients with CAP

	Non-complicated CAP (n = 22)	Complicated CAP (n = 28)	P value
Conventional echocardiography FS%	39.49 ± 4.36	40.26 ± 3.82	0.572
Tissue Doppler imaging Mitral S (cm/s) LV E’/A’ LV MPI Tricuspid S (cm/s) RV E’/A’ RV MPI	5.82 ± 1.33 1.50 ± 0.24 0.47 ± 0.09 7.81 ± 2.14 1.46 ± 0.34 0.48 ± 0.08	5.54 ± 0.99 1.42 ± 0.23 0.51 ± 0.08 7.33 ± 1.95 1.35 ± 0.25 1.35 ± 0.25	0.449 0.304 0.154 0.479 0.213 0.879
2D-STE GS (4 C)	-18.08 ± 2.31	-18.60 ± 4.39	0.708

*P < 0.05 significant, CAP: community-acquired pneumonia, FS: fraction shortening, Mitral S: Systolic function at mitral valve, LV E’/A’: left ventricle Early/Late diastolic velocities, LV MPI: left ventricle myocardial performance index, Tricuspid S: Systolic function at tricuspid valve, RV E’/A’: right ventricle Early/Late diastolic velocities, RV MPI: right ventricle myocardial performance index, 3D-STE: two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography, GS (4 C): global strain of 4 chambers

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