Table 3 Mean (± SD) peak endocardial, mid-myocardial and epicardial velocities for the mid short-axis slice of 10 healthy volunteers, together with the significance levels between them

S_R

2.75 ± 0.44

2.38 ± 0.41

2.09 ± 0.33

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

D_R

−4.53 ± 0.74

−4.11 ± 0.61

−3.63 ± 0.51

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

AS_R

−1.72 ± 0.43

−1.62 ± 0.45

−1.46 ± 0.41

P < 0.05

P < 0.01

S_L

5.86 ± 1.94

5.92 ± 1.89

5.73 ± 1.89

NS

P < 0.05

D_L

−6.67 ± 1.91

−6.72 ± 2.01

−6.60 ± 2.02

NS

P < 0.05

AS_L

−1.81 ± 0.68

−1.87 ± 0.71

−1.99 ± 0.64

NS

NS

C₁

−3.45 ± 1.48

−3.60 ± 1.52

−3.56 ± 1.57

P < 0.05

NS

C₂

1.26 ± 0.76

1.35 ± 0.81

1.52 ± 0.85

P < 0.05

P < 0.001