Quantitative assessment of left ventricular longitudinal function and myocardial deformation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients.

Panovský RomanMartin PešlJan MáchalTomáš HolečekVěra FeitováLenka JuříkováLucia MasárováEva PešlováLukáš OpatřilMary Luz Mojica-PisciottiVladimír Kincl

Published in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2021)

DMD patients had decreased LV systolic function measured by MAPSE and global LV strain even in the case of normal LV EF and the absence of LGE. FT and MAPSE measurement provide sensitive assessment of early cardiac involvement in DMD patients.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
duchenne muscular dystrophy
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
acute coronary syndrome
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
atrial fibrillation
left atrial
aortic valve
cardiac resynchronization therapy