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Stress Echocardiography and Strain in Aortic Regurgitation (SESAR protocol): Left ventricular contractile reserve and myocardial work in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic regurgitation.

Antonello D'AndreaSimona SperlonganoTiziana FormisanoGiampaolo TocciMatteo CameliMaurizio TusaGiuseppina NovoGiovanni CorradoQuirino CiampiRodolfo CitroEduardo BossoneMaurizio GalderisiFrancesco GiallauriaGiuseppe AmbrosioEugenio Picano
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)
The lower resting values of LV GLS and MWE in severe AR asymptomatic patients suggest an early subclinical myocardial damage that seems to be closely associated with lower exercise capacity, greater pulmonary congestion, and blunted LV contractile reserve during stress.
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