Abstract
Peak longitudinal strain (PLS) of the left ventricular (LV) myocardium by transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) is useful to detect LV myocardial damage. We hypothesized that myocardial fibrosis (MF) in the LV myocardium may influence PLS. Eighteen hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients (14 males; 58 ± 17 years old) underwent 1.5 Tesla cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and TTE. Patients with previous myocardial infarction were excluded. We used TTE to assess whole-layer PLS in an American Heart Association-defined 17-segment LV model. Whole-layer PLS was calculated using Echo PAC, version 113 (GE Healthcare). MF was assessed by T1-weighted CMR of the LV endocardial layer, the LV epicardial layer, or both the LV endocardial and epicardial layers for each lesion. Of the 306 segments, MF was detected in the LV endocardial layer only (13 segments), in the LV epicardial layer only (9 segments), or in both LV endocardial and epicardial layers (59 segments). PLS values were significantly lower in segments with MF affecting only the LV endocardial layer (7% ± 4%) (P < 0.05) and where MF was observed in both the LV endocardial and epicardial layers (9% ± 5%) (P = 0.001) compared with segments without MF (13% ± 7%). No significant differ...Continue Reading
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