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Table 5 Regional E2A (°) in systole and diastole and regional secondary eigenvector mobility, mean ± SD. Data is from the mid ventricular slice only

From: Relationship between cardiac diffusion tensor imaging parameters and anthropometrics in healthy volunteers

Secondary Eigenvector Angle (°)

N = 43

p value

Systolic:

 

ANOVA: F = 5.07, p = 0.02

Lateral

55 ± 8

Reference

Anterior

51 ± 8

p = 0.019

Inferior

55 ± 7

p = 1.0

Septal

55 ± 10

p = 1.0

Diastolic:

 

ANOVA: F = 16.8, p < 0.001

Lateral

24 ± 8

Reference

Anterior

22 ± 8

p =1.0

Inferior

30 ± 7

p <0.001

Septal

30 ± 10

p =0.002

Mobility:

 

ANOVA: F = 4.64, p = 0.004

Lateral

31 ± 11

Reference

Anterior

29 ± 11

p = 0.43

Inferior

24 ± 10

p = 0.009

Septal

26 ± 14

p = 0.11

  1. Values are Bonferroni corrected and a p value of p < 0.05 was taken as the level of significance