Speckle tracking echocardiographic deformation indices in Chagas and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Incremental prognostic value of longitudinal strain.

Omar Ribeiro Santos JuniorManoel Otávio da Costa RochaFernanda Rodrigues de AlmeidaPedro Ferrari Sales da CunhaStella Cristina Silva SouzaGabriel Prado SaadThiago Adriano de Deus Queiroz SantosAriela Mota FerreiraTimothy C TanMaria do Carmo Pereira Nunes

Published in: PloS one (2019)

STE indices were abnormal in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, without differences between CDC and IDC. LV longitudinal strain was a powerful predictor of outcome, adding prognostic information beyond that provided by LVEF and E/e' ratio.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
cell cycle
mitral valve
health information
left atrial
heart failure
healthcare
ejection fraction
cell proliferation