Table IV

Echocardiography:Effects of atrial systole (event b) and early ventricular systole (event d or e) on ventricular septum (VS) and the posterior left ventricular (LV) wall thickness. This is compared with the thickness of the respective walls before atrial systole (event a).

Ventricular Septum posterior LV wall
Person No. a b d a b e
1 10 10 10 12 11 13
2 9 9 8 11 10 10
3 8 7 7 11 10 10
4 10 9 10 11 11 11
5 10 10 10 10 10 11
6 8 8 8 10 9 9
7 9 9 9 10 9 9
8 11 11 10 12 11 11
9 11 11 11 11 10 10
m 9.6 9.3 9.2 10.9 10.1 10.4
+/- I 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.6 1.0