Speckle tracking echocardiography-derived left ventricular global longitudinal strain in ex-thalassaemics.
Amal PaulKulkarni Uday PrakashBijesh YadavFouzia N AboobackerAnup J DevasiaAnu KorulaAby AbrahamBiju GeorgePaul V GeorgeAlok SrivastavaPublished in: PloS one (2023)
There was a high prevalence of subclinical myocardial dysfunction in the ex-thalassaemic population reiterating the need for close follow up of these patients. 2D Speckle tracking echocardiography-derived LV global longitudinal strain is an effective tool in detecting subclinical myocardial dysfunction in this cohort.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- heart failure
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- ejection fraction
- left atrial
- oxidative stress
- computed tomography
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- peritoneal dialysis
- cross sectional
- prognostic factors
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement