Myocardial strain measured via two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in a family diagnosed with arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Changsheng MaJia-Li FanBingyuan ZhouCaiming ZhaoXin ZhaoBo SuYuzhu MiaoYuping LiaoLi WangPublished in: Cardiovascular ultrasound (2021)
Global left ventricular longitudinal strain better evaluated left ventricular function than left ventricular ejection fraction. The transmural strain gradient ratio was elevated in patients diagnosed with ALVC, suggesting that it was useful for the evaluation of ALVC.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- heart failure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- newly diagnosed
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- cross sectional
- patient reported outcomes
- pulmonary hypertension
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported