P1: SC/MNC/C, P2: SC/C, P3: MNC/C, P4: SC/MNC
Abbreviations: SC = moderate/severe carditis; MNC = Mild/no carditis; C = control
After acute phase reactants decreased and the treatment ended, we compared all patients without making any distinction as moderate/severe carditis or mild/no carditis, and found statistically significant differences between all strain parameters before and after the treatment (p < 0.05). When paired samples T-test was performed after the treatment, statistically significant increases were also found in LVGLS, LVGLSR, LVGCSR values of the patients with moderate/severe carditis and LVGLS, LVGCS, LVGCSR, RVGLS, RVGLSR values of the patients with mild/no carditis (Table 3).
Table 3. Strain parameters of the patients before and after the treatment