Left ventricular and atrial functions in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with very high LVOT gradient: a speckle tracking echocardiographic study

Echocardiography
Kursat TigenYelda Basaran

Abstract

Determination of myocardial deformation (strain) by two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is a new method for evaluating left ventricular (LV) regional function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The aim of this study was to assess LV and left atrial (LA) functions with 2DSTE in HCM patients and to investigate relation between strain analysis and LV outflow tract (LVOT) gradient. Forty consecutive HCM patients (26 male, mean age: 47.7 ± 15.2 years), and 40 healthy volunteers (22 male, mean age: 46.6 ± 11.2 years) were included in the study. All subjects underwent a transthoracic echocardiography for evaluation of LV and LA functions with 2DSTE. The HCM patients were divided into 2 groups according to the presence of resting LVOT gradient >100 mmHg. Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS), global radial strain (GRS), and global circumferential strain (GCS) were significantly lower in patients with HCM compared with controls (-20.3 ± 3.6% vs. -24.1 ± 3.4% P < 0.001, 38.1 ± 12.8% vs. 44.8 ± 10.2% P = 0.012, and -22.0 ± 4.4% vs. -23.9 ± 4.0% P = 0.045, respectively). Although basal and apical rotation were similar between the groups, mid-rotation was significantly clockwise in HCM p...Continue Reading

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