highly significantp < 0.0001
Echocardiography The difference in Group I and Group II was highly significant in terms of both the baseline GLS (-13.37 ± 2.21 vs -19.11 ± 3.4; p < 0.0001) and GLS at 1-year follow-up (-11.23 ± 2.19 vs -13.47 ± 1.84; p < 0.0001).