Ventricular strain analysis in patients with no structural heart disease using a vendor-independent speckle-tracking software.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ventricular strain measurements vary depending on cardiac chamber (left ventricle [LV] or right ventricle [RV]), type of strain (longitudinal, circumferential, or radial), ventricular level (basal, mid, or apical), myocardial layer (endocardial or epicardial), and software used for analysis, among other demographic factors such as age and gender. Here, we present an analysis of ventricular strain taking all of these variables into account in a cohort of patients with no structural heart disease using a vendor-independent speckle-tracking software.

Methods

LV and RV full-thickness strain parameters were retrospectively measured in 102 patients (mean age 39 ± 15 years; 62% female). Within this cohort, we performed further layer-specific strain analysis in 20 subject

SUBMITTER: Xia H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7275339 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature