Acute sleep deprivation: impairment of biventricular function assesed by speckle tracking echocardiography in healthy subjects.

This study is the first to investigate the negative effects of acute sleep deprivation on LV and RV strain in healthy adults using echocardiography. The findings showed that acute sleep deprivation leads to deterioration in function of both ventricles and left atrium. Speckle tracking echocardiography demonstrated subclinical diminished heart function.