Prognostic Value of Strain by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT: Background Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a rare genetic disorder associated with an elevated risk of life-threatening arrhythmias and progressive ventricular impairment. Risk stratification is essential to prevent major adverse cardiac events (MACE). Our study aimed to investigate the incremental value of strain measured by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in predicting MACE in ARVC patients compared to conventional echocardiographic parameters. Methods and Results This was a retrospective, single-centre cohort study of 83 patients with ARVC (51% males, median age 37 years (IQR: 23, 53)) under the care of the Inherited Cardiac Conditions clinic at University Hospital Birmingham. MACE was defined as one of the following: sustained ventricular tac

SUBMITTER: Aljehani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11678278 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature