The prognostic value of right ventricular longitudinal strain in heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a well-recognized adverse prognostic feature in patients with heart failure (HF). Recently, many single-center studies have demonstrated that RV longitudinal strain assessed using speckle tracking echocardiography might be a powerful prognosticator in HF.

Objectives

To systematically appraise and quantitatively synthesize the evidence of the prognostic value of echocardiographic RV longitudinal strain, across the entire spectrum of left ventricular ejection function (LVEF) in HF.

Methods

A systematic literature review was conducted in electronic databases to identify every study reporting the predictive role of RV global longitudinal strain (RV GLS) and RV free wall longitudinal strain (RV FWLS) in HF subjects. A random

SUBMITTER: Anastasiou V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10575809 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature