Global longitudinal strain is a hallmark of cardiac damage in mitral regurgitation: the Italian arm of the European Registry of mitral regurgitation (EuMiClip).
Ciro SantoroMaurizio GalderisiRoberta EspositoAgostino BuonauroJuan Manuel MonteagudoRegina SorrentinoMaria LemboCovadonga Fernandez-GolfinBruno TrimarcoJosè Luis ZamoranoPublished in: Cardiovascular ultrasound (2019)
Both LVEF and GLS are independently associated with LV and LA size, but only GLS is related to pulmonary arterial pressure. GLS is a powerful hallmark of cardiac damage in MR.