Each tab can be clicked on to show off related statistics. All statistics have been computed using RStudio and all data was collected on VevoLab VevoStrain 2.0.

Results

Variable Definitions

Table of Hemodynamic and Functional Variables
Variable_Name Definition Unit
mouse_ID Label for each lab mouse NA
time_point time point and treatment group type NA
true_mitral 4DUS measured mitral valve diameter mm
calc_mitral Rounded mitral valve diameter used in VevoLab calculation mm
true_aortic 4DUS measured aortic valve diameter mm
calc_aortic Rounded aortic valve diameter used in VevoLab calculation mm
sys_pk Peak HDF value during systole %
ewave_long_rms Longitudinal RMS HDF value during diastolic E-wave %
ewave_ratio_rms Longitudinal to transverse RMS HDF value during diastolic E-wave %
ewave_angle Average HDF angle during diastolic E-wave °
cycle_length Length of the entire heartbeat cycle ms
cycle_long_rms Longitudinal RMS HDF value during the entire heartbeat %
cycle_trans_rms Transverse RMS HDF value during the entire heartbeat %
cycle_ratio_rms Longitudinal to transverse RMS HDF value over the entire heartbeat %
cycle_angle Average HDF angle over the entire heartbeat °
sys_length Length of systole ms
sys_im_length Length of systolic impulse ms
sys_im_angle Average HDF angle during systolic impulse °
sys_im_AUC Area under the longitudinal curve during systolic impulse %
sys_im_long_rms Longitudinal RMS HDF value during the systolic impulse %
sys_im_trans_rms Transverse RMS HDF value during the systolic impulse %
isys_im_length Length of initial portion of systolic impulse ms
isys_im_long_rms Longitudinal RMS HDF value during the initial systolic impulse %
dsys_im_length Length of descending portion of systolic impulse ms
dsys_im_long_rms Longitudinal RMS HDF value during the descending systolic impulse %
lsys_long_rms Longitudinal RMS HDF value during the late systole period %
myo_GCS Myocardial global circumferential strain rate %
myo_GLS Myocardial global longitudinal strain rate %
endo_GCS Endocardial global circumferential strain rate %
endo_GLS Endocardial global longitudinal strain rate %
LV_EF LV Ejection fraction %
pslax_avg_strain_rate Parasternal long axis LV average strain rate d%/dt
LV_mass_cor LV mass corrected mass mg
LVAW_sys LV anterior wall average thickness during systole mm
LVAW_dias LV anterior wall average thickness during diastole mm
LVPW_sys LV posterior wall average thickness during systole mm
LVPW_dias LV posterior wall average thickness during diastole mm
sax_avg_strain LV short axis average strain %
LA_EF LA ejection fraction %
LA_edv LA end diastolic volume mL
LA_esv LA end systolic volume mL
LA_strain_mean LA mean strain %
Ao_pk_vel Peak aoritc blood flow velocity mm/s
mitral_EA_ratio Mitral valve blood flow velocity diastolic E-wave to A-wave ratio NA
sys_length_norm Normalized systole length as a ratio of R to R %
sys_im_length_norm Normalized systolic impulse length as a ratio of R to R %
isys_im_length_norm Normalized initial systolic impulse length as a ratio of R to R %
dsys_im_length_norm Normalized descending systolic impulse length as a ratio of R to R %
isys_dsys_length_ratio Ratio of initial systolic impulse length to descending systolic impulse length %
isys_dsys_long_ratio Ratio of initial systolic impulse longitudinal HDF to descending systolic impulse longitudinal HDF %

Figure 2

Normality

## === Analyzing: true_mitral ===
## Traditional P: 0.1822277 | LME P: 0.1502281 
## 
## === Analyzing: true_aortic ===
## Traditional P: 0.01956304 | LME P: 0.01273569 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_pk ===
## Traditional P: 0.0004608214 | LME P: 0.0006743964 
## 
## === Analyzing: ewave_long_rms ===
## Traditional P: 0.1963122 | LME P: 0.201791 
## 
## === Analyzing: ewave_ratio_rms ===
## Traditional P: 0.5622407 | LME P: 0.4509752 
## 
## === Analyzing: ewave_angle ===
## Traditional P: 0.5914906 | LME P: 0.5142543 
## 
## === Analyzing: cycle_length ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.1885478 | LME P: 0.5015464 
## 
## === Analyzing: cycle_long_rms ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.01496467 | LME P: 0.01496467 
## 
## === Analyzing: cycle_trans_rms ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.9931357 | LME P: 0.9931357 
## 
## === Analyzing: cycle_ratio_rms ===
## Traditional P: 0.1751387 | LME P: 0.07405503 
## 
## === Analyzing: cycle_angle ===
## Traditional P: 0.1928965 | LME P: 0.1603796 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_length ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.7026288 | LME P: 0.7026288 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_im_length ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.2797528 | LME P: 0.2797528 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_im_angle ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.1335637 | LME P: 0.1335637 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_im_AUC ===
## Traditional P: 0.0003923288 | LME P: 0.00152643 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_im_long_rms ===
## Traditional P: 3.280456e-05 | LME P: 0.0001312536 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_im_trans_rms ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.2290432 | LME P: 0.1558394 
## 
## === Analyzing: isys_im_length ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.0006819497 | LME P: 0.0006819497 
## 
## === Analyzing: isys_im_long_rms ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.0003337566 | LME P: 0.0003337566 
## 
## === Analyzing: dsys_im_length ===
## Traditional P: 6.527215e-05 | LME P: 0.0001717036 
## 
## === Analyzing: dsys_im_long_rms ===
## Traditional P: 0.000393669 | LME P: 0.0001666867 
## 
## === Analyzing: lsys_long_rms ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.04148182 | LME P: 0.03376443 
## 
## === Analyzing: myo_GCS ===
## Traditional P: 5.71203e-05 | LME P: 9.590857e-05 
## 
## === Analyzing: myo_GLS ===
## Traditional P: 5.491679e-06 | LME P: 5.173217e-06 
## 
## === Analyzing: endo_GCS ===
## Traditional P: 0.000470916 | LME P: 0.0001619262 
## 
## === Analyzing: endo_GLS ===
## Traditional P: 1.129429e-06 | LME P: 1.743836e-06 
## 
## === Analyzing: LV_EF ===
## Traditional P: 7.465683e-06 | LME P: 1.671635e-05 
## 
## === Analyzing: pslax_avg_strain_rate ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.1385494 | LME P: 0.1385494 
## 
## === Analyzing: LV_mass_cor ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.001028144 | LME P: 1.1136e-05 
## 
## === Analyzing: LVAW_sys ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.3733527 | LME P: 0.4769215 
## 
## === Analyzing: LVAW_dias ===
## Traditional P: 0.005862358 | LME P: 0.006097522 
## 
## === Analyzing: LVPW_sys ===
## Traditional P: 0.8715581 | LME P: 0.7380513 
## 
## === Analyzing: LVPW_dias ===
## Traditional P: 0.01346732 | LME P: 0.07299802 
## 
## === Analyzing: sax_avg_strain ===
## Traditional P: 2.041868e-05 | LME P: 2.152344e-05 
## 
## === Analyzing: Ao_pk_vel ===
## Traditional P: 3.571285e-05 | LME P: 2.889517e-11 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_length_norm ===
## Traditional P: 0.2770258 | LME P: 0.28588 
## 
## === Analyzing: sys_im_length_norm ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.1221507 | LME P: 0.09937781 
## 
## === Analyzing: isys_im_length_norm ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.0006399792 | LME P: 0.0006399792 
## 
## === Analyzing: dsys_im_length_norm ===
## Traditional P: 0.001391323 | LME P: 0.0002674289 
## 
## === Analyzing: isys_dsys_length_ratio ===
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## Traditional P: 0.0009775795 | LME P: 0.0009775795 
## 
## === Analyzing: isys_dsys_long_ratio ===
## Traditional P: 2.576261e-06 | LME P: 3.256376e-06 
## 
## === Analyzing: mitral_EA_ratio ===
## Traditional P: 0.03885208 | LME P: 0.2258897
##                                      Variable Traditional_P        LME_P
## Ao_pk_vel                           Ao_pk_vel  3.571285e-05 2.889517e-11
## endo_GLS                             endo_GLS  1.129429e-06 1.743836e-06
## isys_dsys_long_ratio     isys_dsys_long_ratio  2.576261e-06 3.256376e-06
## myo_GLS                               myo_GLS  5.491679e-06 5.173217e-06
## LV_mass_cor                       LV_mass_cor  1.028144e-03 1.113600e-05
## LV_EF                                   LV_EF  7.465683e-06 1.671635e-05
## sax_avg_strain                 sax_avg_strain  2.041868e-05 2.152344e-05
## myo_GCS                               myo_GCS  5.712030e-05 9.590857e-05
## sys_im_long_rms               sys_im_long_rms  3.280456e-05 1.312536e-04
## endo_GCS                             endo_GCS  4.709160e-04 1.619262e-04
## dsys_im_long_rms             dsys_im_long_rms  3.936690e-04 1.666867e-04
## dsys_im_length                 dsys_im_length  6.527215e-05 1.717036e-04
## dsys_im_length_norm       dsys_im_length_norm  1.391323e-03 2.674289e-04
## isys_im_long_rms             isys_im_long_rms  3.337566e-04 3.337566e-04
## isys_im_length_norm       isys_im_length_norm  6.399792e-04 6.399792e-04
## sys_pk                                 sys_pk  4.608214e-04 6.743964e-04
## isys_im_length                 isys_im_length  6.819497e-04 6.819497e-04
## isys_dsys_length_ratio isys_dsys_length_ratio  9.775795e-04 9.775795e-04
## sys_im_AUC                         sys_im_AUC  3.923288e-04 1.526430e-03
## LVAW_dias                           LVAW_dias  5.862358e-03 6.097522e-03
## true_aortic                       true_aortic  1.956304e-02 1.273569e-02
## cycle_long_rms                 cycle_long_rms  1.496467e-02 1.496467e-02
## lsys_long_rms                   lsys_long_rms  4.148182e-02 3.376443e-02
## LVPW_dias                           LVPW_dias  1.346732e-02 7.299802e-02
## cycle_ratio_rms               cycle_ratio_rms  1.751387e-01 7.405503e-02
## sys_im_length_norm         sys_im_length_norm  1.221507e-01 9.937781e-02
## sys_im_angle                     sys_im_angle  1.335637e-01 1.335637e-01
## pslax_avg_strain_rate   pslax_avg_strain_rate  1.385494e-01 1.385494e-01
## true_mitral                       true_mitral  1.822277e-01 1.502281e-01
## sys_im_trans_rms             sys_im_trans_rms  2.290432e-01 1.558394e-01
## cycle_angle                       cycle_angle  1.928965e-01 1.603796e-01
## ewave_long_rms                 ewave_long_rms  1.963122e-01 2.017910e-01
## mitral_EA_ratio               mitral_EA_ratio  3.885208e-02 2.258897e-01
## sys_im_length                   sys_im_length  2.797528e-01 2.797528e-01
## sys_length_norm               sys_length_norm  2.770258e-01 2.858800e-01
## ewave_ratio_rms               ewave_ratio_rms  5.622407e-01 4.509752e-01
## LVAW_sys                             LVAW_sys  3.733527e-01 4.769215e-01
## cycle_length                     cycle_length  1.885478e-01 5.015464e-01
## ewave_angle                       ewave_angle  5.914906e-01 5.142543e-01
## sys_length                         sys_length  7.026288e-01 7.026288e-01
## LVPW_sys                             LVPW_sys  8.715581e-01 7.380513e-01
## cycle_trans_rms               cycle_trans_rms  9.931357e-01 9.931357e-01
##                           Method_Used
## Ao_pk_vel              Kruskal-Wallis
## endo_GLS                        ANOVA
## isys_dsys_long_ratio            ANOVA
## myo_GLS                         ANOVA
## LV_mass_cor            Kruskal-Wallis
## LV_EF                           ANOVA
## sax_avg_strain                  ANOVA
## myo_GCS                         ANOVA
## sys_im_long_rms                 ANOVA
## endo_GCS               Kruskal-Wallis
## dsys_im_long_rms       Kruskal-Wallis
## dsys_im_length                  ANOVA
## dsys_im_length_norm    Kruskal-Wallis
## isys_im_long_rms                ANOVA
## isys_im_length_norm             ANOVA
## sys_pk                 Kruskal-Wallis
## isys_im_length                  ANOVA
## isys_dsys_length_ratio          ANOVA
## sys_im_AUC             Kruskal-Wallis
## LVAW_dias              Kruskal-Wallis
## true_aortic                     ANOVA
## cycle_long_rms                  ANOVA
## lsys_long_rms          Kruskal-Wallis
## LVPW_dias              Kruskal-Wallis
## cycle_ratio_rms        Kruskal-Wallis
## sys_im_length_norm     Kruskal-Wallis
## sys_im_angle                    ANOVA
## pslax_avg_strain_rate           ANOVA
## true_mitral                     ANOVA
## sys_im_trans_rms       Kruskal-Wallis
## cycle_angle                     ANOVA
## ewave_long_rms                  ANOVA
## mitral_EA_ratio        Kruskal-Wallis
## sys_im_length                   ANOVA
## sys_length_norm                 ANOVA
## ewave_ratio_rms                 ANOVA
## LVAW_sys               Kruskal-Wallis
## cycle_length           Kruskal-Wallis
## ewave_angle                     ANOVA
## sys_length                      ANOVA
## LVPW_sys               Kruskal-Wallis
## cycle_trans_rms                 ANOVA

Significance Between Groups

Figure 3

Circular Statistics

## Warning: package 'circular' was built under R version 4.4.3
## 
## Attaching package: 'circular'
## The following object is masked from 'package:pROC':
## 
##     var
## The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
## 
##     sd, var
## Warning in as.circular(clean_data[[col_name]], units = "degrees", template = "none", : an object is coerced to the class 'circular' using default value for the following components:
##   type: 'angles'
##   zero: 0
##   rotation: 'counter'
## evalexprenvirenclos
## Warning in as.circular(clean_data[[col_name]], units = "degrees", template = "none", : an object is coerced to the class 'circular' using default value for the following components:
##   type: 'angles'
##   zero: 0
##   rotation: 'counter'
## evalexprenvirenclos
## Warning in as.circular(clean_data[[col_name]], units = "degrees", template = "none", : an object is coerced to the class 'circular' using default value for the following components:
##   type: 'angles'
##   zero: 0
##   rotation: 'counter'
## evalexprenvirenclos
## Warning in watson.williams.test.default(x = angles, group = groups_factor):
## Concentration parameters ( 389, 105, 3335) not equal between groups. The test
## might not be applicable
## Warning in as.circular(clean_data$sys_im_angle[clean_data$study_type == : an object is coerced to the class 'circular' using default value for the following components:
##   type: 'angles'
##   template: 'none'
##   modulo: 'asis'
##   zero: 0
##   rotation: 'counter'
## plot.circularas.circular(clean_data$sys_im_angle[clean_data$study_type == "tac"], units = "degrees")TRUE18TAC Momentum Distribution

## Warning in as.circular(clean_data[[col_name]], units = "degrees", modulo = "2pi"): an object is coerced to the class 'circular' using default value for the following components:
##   type: 'angles'
##   template: 'none'
##   zero: 0
##   rotation: 'counter'
## evalexprenvirenclos
## Warning in as.circular(clean_data[[col_name]], units = "degrees", modulo = "2pi"): an object is coerced to the class 'circular' using default value for the following components:
##   type: 'angles'
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##   zero: 0
##   rotation: 'counter'
## evalexprenvirenclos
## Warning in as.circular(clean_data[[col_name]], units = "degrees", modulo = "2pi"): an object is coerced to the class 'circular' using default value for the following components:
##   type: 'angles'
##   template: 'none'
##   zero: 0
##   rotation: 'counter'
## evalexprenvirenclos
## Warning in watson.williams.test.default(x = angles_sub, group = groups_sub):
## Concentration parameters ( 389, 3335) not equal between groups. The test might
## not be applicable
## Warning in watson.williams.test.default(x = angles_sub, group = groups_sub):
## Concentration parameters ( 105, 3335) not equal between groups. The test might
## not be applicable
##                                        Metric        Comparison    P_Value
## ewave_angle : baseline vs tac     ewave_angle   baseline vs tac 0.35306216
## ewave_angle : baseline vs detac   ewave_angle baseline vs detac 0.92583343
## ewave_angle : tac vs detac        ewave_angle      tac vs detac 0.38313492
## cycle_angle : baseline vs tac     cycle_angle   baseline vs tac 0.35314393
## cycle_angle : baseline vs detac   cycle_angle baseline vs detac 0.36531649
## cycle_angle : tac vs detac        cycle_angle      tac vs detac 0.08292290
## sys_im_angle : baseline vs tac   sys_im_angle   baseline vs tac 0.31379701
## sys_im_angle : baseline vs detac sys_im_angle baseline vs detac 0.18295082
## sys_im_angle : tac vs detac      sys_im_angle      tac vs detac 0.07615933
##                                  Significant_Adj
## ewave_angle : baseline vs tac                 No
## ewave_angle : baseline vs detac               No
## ewave_angle : tac vs detac                    No
## cycle_angle : baseline vs tac                 No
## cycle_angle : baseline vs detac               No
## cycle_angle : tac vs detac                    No
## sys_im_angle : baseline vs tac                No
## sys_im_angle : baseline vs detac              No
## sys_im_angle : tac vs detac                   No
## Warning: package 'MuMIn' was built under R version 4.4.3
## Registered S3 methods overwritten by 'MuMIn':
##   method        from 
##   nobs.multinom broom
##   nobs.fitdistr broom
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')
## boundary (singular) fit: see help('isSingular')

Figure 4 (Paired TAC-deTAC)

Correlation Data Table

Mardia-Jupp Method