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Table 3 Left ventricular function assessment across NYHA classes

From: Relationship between clinically assessed heart failure severity and the Tei index in Nigerian patients

Variables

NYHA II

NYHA III

NYHA IV

p value

Mean ejection fraction1

65.48 ± 16.38

53.69 ± 15.59

37.92 ± 14.35

<0.001

Mean end-diastolic volume1

91.50 ± 62.77

160.33 ± 76.42

233.73 ± 98.27

<0.001

Mean Tei index1

0.59 ± 0.14

0.79 ± 0.12

1.15 ± 0.30

<0.001

  1. 1Mean ± standard deviation; NYHA, New York Heart Association.