Evidence of subtle left ventricular systolic dysfunction in cryptogenic stroke in the young.
Jani PirinenJouni K KuusistoNicolas Martinez-MajanderJuha SinisaloPauli PöyhönenJukka PutaalaVesa JärvinenPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2021)
Young cryptogenic stroke patients have subtly altered systolic function compared to healthy controls, found merely with longitudinal strain analysis. This infers that the heart may play a role in the pathogenesis of cryptogenic ischemic stroke.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- blood pressure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- middle aged
- left atrial
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- oxidative stress
- cross sectional
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- catheter ablation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement