Table 2 Baseline echocardiographic parameters

Variable	Icodextrin			Glucose			P
Variable	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	P
Cardiac structure
LA diameter (mm)	21	34.97	7.51	22	32.25	5.88	0.193
LVEDD (mm)	21	50.80	7.66	22	46.88	6.36	0.075
LVESD (mm)	21	35.00	6.35	22	30.49	6.14	0.023
LVEDV (mm³)	21	124.71	42.49	22	103.95	34.34	0.085
LVESV (mm³)	21	53.48	21.83	22	39.00	22.22	0.037
IVS (mm)	21	12.65	2.29	22	11.53	1.79	0.082
LV systolic function
MPI	21	0.37	0.19	22	0.49	0.57	0.367
LVEF (%)	21	57.81	10.03	22	63.40	9.51	0.068
LV diastolic function
Deceleration time (ms)	21	169.81	73.50	22	213.59	85.21	0.079
Peak early diastolic velocity (cm/s)	20	71.89	34.66	22	70.67	28.75	0.902
Septal EM velocity (ms)	21	5.43	3.00	22	5.94	1.58	0.482
E/e′	20	11.70	6.36	22	12.38	5.24	0.707
RV function
TAPSE	21	20.96	3.28	22	21.07	2.64	0.900
PAsP	21	20.65	9.70	22	18.81	4.82	0.409

P value was estimated from the independent two-sample t test
Abbreviations: LA left atrium, LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, LVESD left ventricular end-systolic dimension, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, IVS interventricular septum, MPI myocardial performance index, EM early mitral annulus, E/e′ peak early diastolic velocity/septal EM velocity, RVright ventricle, TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, PAsP peak systolic pulmonary pressure

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