Occult RV systolic dysfunction detected by CMR derived RV circumferential strain in patients with pectus excavatum.
Vien T TruongCandice Y LiRebeccah L BrownRyan A MooreVictor F GarciaEric J CrottyMichael D TaylorTam M N NgoWojciech MazurPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Mid-cavity circumferential strain but not longitudinal strain is reduced in pectus excavatum patients. Basal circumferential strain as well as apical circumferential strain were increased as compensatory mechanism for reduced mid-cavity circumferential strain. Further studies are needed to establish clinical significance of this finding.