Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Verified the Efficacy of Qianyangyuyin Granules in Alleviating Left Ventricular Remodeling in a Hypertensive Rat Model

Table 4

Correlation between LV remodeling and LV strain.

Parameters	GLS	GCS	GRS
LV endocardium CVF	0.958	0.923	−0.32
LV midmyocardium CVF	0.936	0.884	−0.262
LV epicardium CVF	0.973	0.959	0.6
PVCA/LA	0.873	0.76	−0.044
LV septum CW	0.787	0.681	0.071
LV free wall CW	0.950	0.944	−0.619
LVD	−0.148	−0.105	−0.45
IVSd	0.802	0.685	0.072
RWT	0.624	0.494	0.326
LVEF	−0.763	−0.798	0.898
E	0.162	0.269	−0.853
e	−0.456	−0.368	0.196
E/e	0.351	0.301	−0.226

GLS, global longitudinal strain; GCS, global circumferential strain; GRS, global radial strain. CVF, collagen volume fraction; CW, cell width; PVCA/LA, perivascular collagen area/vascular lumen area ratio; LVD, left ventricular internal dimension at end diastole; IVSd, interventricular septal thickness at diastole; RWT, relative wall thickness; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction. and , compared between LV remodeling and LV strain.