Evaluation of the right atrial phasic functions in patients with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that changes in left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions may affect right atrial (RA) phasic functions. We aimed to evaluate RA phasic functions in the presence of anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (ASTEMI) as an acute event and to compare the findings with those in a control group.

Methods

We recruited 92 consecutive ASTEMI patients without accompanying significant stenosis in the proximal and middle parts of the right coronary artery and 31 control subjects, matched for age, sex, diabetes, and hypertension. RA phasic functions were evaluated concerning their longitudinal 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography-derived markers. The ASTEMI group was followed up for all-cause mortality or reinfarction.

Results

In the ASTEMI

SUBMITTER: Eisvand M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8922847 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature