Right Ventricular Strain in Healthy Children: Insights from Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Right ventricular (RV) strain using two-dimensional speckle tracking is a reliable and clinically significant tool for detecting RV systolic dysfunction, but it varies by age, vendor, and software.

Objectives

To establish pediatric age-specific normal values and Z-score equations for biventricular strain using GE Healthcare equipment and software.

Methods

Children 0-18 years with structurally and functionally normal hearts, who visited the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital Utrecht between October 2020 and December 2023, were retrospectively included and divided into age groups: 0 years, 1-4 years, 5-9 years, 10-13 years, and 14-18 years. Left ventricular (LV) and RV global longitudinal strain (GLS) and RV free wall longitudinal strain (FWGLS) were analyzed.

SUBMITTER: Joosen RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12470735 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature