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Guo Y, Tan X, Li Z, Dai C, Yang Q, Nie Y, Cao X, Shu X, Pan C, Sun M. Global left ventricular myocardial work: A novel method to assess left ventricular myocardial function and predict major adverse cardiovascular events in maintenance hemodialysis patients. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND : JCU 2024. [PMID: 38934699 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.23750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND The application value of myocardial work (MW) in evaluating myocardial function and predicting major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients has not been fully explored. PURPOSE Comparing noninvasive MW parameters between MHD patients and healthy controls, and further determining its value in predicting MACE in MHD patients. METHODS A prospective single-institution study included 92 MHD patients without prior cardiovascular disease and 40 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Conventional echocardiographic data, global longitudinal strain (GLS), and MW parameters (global work index [GWI], global constructive work [GCW], global work efficiency [GWE], global wasted work [GWW]) were derived and compared between MHD and the control. Logistic regression was used to determine the predictive value of these parameters for MACE. The receiver operating characteristic curve was utilized to compare the predictive differences of MACE between GWE and GLS. RESULTS Compared with healthy individuals, MHD patients had significantly reduced GWE, GLS and elevated LVMI, GWW (all p < 0.001), while there was no significant difference in left ventricular ejection fraction. Twenty eight (30%) MHD patients experienced MACE. Two nested models adding GWE and GLS, respectively, showed that age (p < 0.005), GWE (p = 0.034), and GLS (p = 0.014) were independent predictors of MACE. The AUC derived from GWE for predicting MACE was significantly higher than that derived from GLS (0.836 vs. 0.743, p = 0.039). CONCLUSIONS Myocardial work is a novel tool for assessing left ventricular myocardial performance in MHD patients. GWE is an independent predictor of MACE.
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- Yao Guo
- Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, China
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Qingfeng Z, Yi W, Wenhua L, Hongmei Z, Geqi D, Xuebing L, Chunmei L, Yan D, Lixue Y. Evaluation of left ventricular function by treadmill exercise stress echocardiography combined with layer‐specific strain technique in essential hypertension patients. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2022; 24:312-319. [PMID: 35188326 PMCID: PMC8924995 DOI: 10.1111/jch.14407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of treadmill exercise stress echocardiography (TESE) combined with left ventricular (LV) layer‐specific strain (LSS) in subclinical myocardial and reserve function of hypertensive patients. A total of 55 hypertensive patients and 51 controls were evaluated during rest and exercise. Two‐dimensional speckle tracking (2DST) and LSS technique was used to measure longitudinal and circumferential strains at rest and peak exercise, strain difference characteristics were then evaluated. Compared to the control subjects, both longitudinal and circumferential LSS showed different degrees of reduction in hypertensive group, which was more pronounced at peak exercise. The global longitudinal endocardium strain (GLSendo) at rest was 24.4% ± 1.5% in the control group versus 20.4% ± 2.3% in the hypertensive group, while the difference was more obvious at peak state (control vs. hypertensive group, 30.8% ± 2.8% and 22.8% ± 2.9%, respectively). In particular, endocardial strain under exercise can be used as a sensitive indicator where the LV contractile reserve (CR) function of the three layers are all impaired. TESE combined with LSS might increase diagnostic accuracy of myocardial performance in hypertension patients.
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- Zhang Qingfeng
- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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- Key laboratory of ultrasound in cardiac electrophysiology and biomechanics The Affiliated Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital of Electronic Science and Technology University of China Chengdu China
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Chen Z, Zhang S, Fang A, Shao J, Shen H, Sun B, Guo G, Liu L. Early changes in left ventricular myocardial function by 2D speckle tracking layer-specific technique in neonates with hyperbilirubinemia. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2022; 12:796-809. [PMID: 34993119 DOI: 10.21037/qims-21-197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Background Hyperbilirubinemia (HBN) can cause myocardial injury in neonates. Advancement in myocardial deformation imaging allows the detection of subclinical changes in myocardial contractility. The present study aimed to evaluate the changes in left ventricular contractility in newborns with hyperbilirubinemia by 2D speckle tracking imaging (STI). Methods A group of 134 neonates who reached the diagnostic level of HBN as the HBN group was selected. The control group included 56 healthy newborns. The interventricular septum, anterior partition, anterior wall, sidewall, posterior wall, and inferior wall were separated into the basal, middle, and apical segments. In each segment, speckle tracking analysis was performed in the subintimal, middle, and subadventitial myocardium. The overall longitudinal strain of the myocardium in different ventricular walls and segments and global longitudinal strain (GLS) were computed. At the same time, the laboratory results of blood gas analysis, blood routine tests, liver function, and myocardial enzyme spectrum in HBN neonates were collected and correlated with the left ventricular stratified strain parameters. Results The gradient of the left ventricular GLS had the same characteristics in both groups of newborns. There was a decreasing trend of longitudinal strain (LS) from the intima to the adventitia (i.e., GLSendo > GLSmid > GLSepi). This gradient was also present in stratified LS in each myocardial segment (P<0.001). The LS showed an increasing trend from the basal to the apical segment (P<0.001). The LS of the ventricular septum, anterior wall (or anterior septum), inferior wall, lateral wall, and posterior wall showed a decreasing trend (P<0.001). Stratified strain parameters of the ventricular wall (i.e., the 3-layer myocardium: LSendo-SEPT, LSmid-SEPT, and LSepi-SEPT) were all significantly lower in the HBN group than in the control group (P=0.019, P=0.019, and P=0.023, respectively). LSedo-ANT, LSmid-ANT, and LSepi-ANT were also reduced, and the difference between LSendo-ANT and LSepi-ANT was statistically significant. The segmental stratified strain parameters (i.e., the apical 3-layer myocardium: LSepi-a, LSmid-a, and LSepi-a) decreased, and the difference in LSepi-a was statistically significant (P=0.043). Overall strain parameters (i.e., the 3-layer myocardial overall strain: GLSendo, GLSmid, and GLSepi) were reduced, but the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.612, P=0.653, and P=0.585, respectively). The subclinical changes in systolic function in the HBN group, reflected by the parameters of longitudinal myocardial strain, correlate to some extent with multiple results of laboratory tests. Conclusions 2DSTI stratified strain technology can quantitively evaluate changes in the LS of the left ventricle in different ventricular walls, wall segments, and layers of the myocardium.
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- Zimian Chen
- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.,Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.,Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.,Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.,Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.,Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.,Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.,Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.,Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Çöllüoğlu T, Önalan O, Çakan F. The diagnostic value of 2D-speckle tracking echocardiography for identifying subclinical ventricular dysfunction in subjects with early repolarization pattern. Echocardiography 2021; 38:1141-1148. [PMID: 34114242 DOI: 10.1111/echo.15128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Early repolarization pattern (ERP) can exist a silent substrate for arrhytmic events in accordance with the previous studies which have shown there has been evidence of morphological changes in left ventricle (LV) in ERP subjects. Despite structural changes in ERP subjects, it has not exactly known whether a change in LV functional parameters occur in ERP. The aim of our study was to investigate LV functional parameters in ERP athletes evaluated by 2D- speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE). METHOD In this study, athletes with ERP (n = 50) and athletes without ERP (n = 50) were recruited between April 2018 and September 2018. For each case, 2D- TTE and 2D- STE evaluation were performed by the same cardiologist. RESULTS Left ventricle mean global longitudinal strain (GLS) (P < .001) and GLS at all apical chamber views (P < .001), longitudinal peak systolic strain rate (SRS) at A3C (P: .011), early diastolic strain rate (SRE) at A3C (P < .001) and late diastolic strain rate (SRA) at A3C (P: .034) in the ERP athletes were significantly lower than those in the athletes without ERP. LV basal segment circumferential SRS (P: .002) and SRE (P: .006) were significantly lower in ERP athletes compared to athletes without ERP. LV mechanical dispersion was significantly higher in ERP athletes compared to athletes without ERP (P < .001). CONCLUSION Our study suggests ERP can be more associated with impaired LV longitudinal function than circumferential function. In addition, both LV inferolateral region and basal segment can be more affected functionally in ERP athletes.
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- Tuğçe Çöllüoğlu
- Cardiology Department, KBU Educational and Research Hospital, Karabük, Turkey
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- Cardiology Department, KBU Educational and Research Hospital, Karabük, Turkey
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- Cardiology Department, KBU Educational and Research Hospital, Karabük, Turkey
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Liu C, Feng YP, Yan ZN, Fan L, Rui YF, Cui L. Value of quantitative analysis of left ventricular systolic function in patients on maintenance hemodialysis based on myocardial work technique. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2021; 21:76. [PMID: 33549050 PMCID: PMC7866689 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-021-01899-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background This study aimed to determine the left ventricular (LV) systolic function in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) using the myocardial work (MW) technique and investigate the clinical value of the MW technique for the quantitative analysis of left ventricular (LV) systolic function in MHD patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Methods
A total of 68 MHD patients and 35 controls were registered in this study. The MHD patients were divided into the non-left ventricular hypertrophy (NLVH) group (n = 35) and the LVH group (n = 33) according to the LV mass index (LVMI). MW was used to generate the LV global longitudinal strain (GLS), global work index (GWI), global constructive work (GCW), and global wasted work (GWW), global work efficiency (GWE). GLS and the MW parameters (GWI, GCW, GWW, GWE) were compared between groups and the correlations between these parameters and the LV ejection fraction (LVEF) in the LVH group were examined. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the efficacy of MW parameters and GLS for the assessment of LV systolic dysfunction in MHD with LVH patients. Results The LVH group had significantly lower GWE, GWI, GCW, and GLS but higher GWW than the control and NLVH groups. Compared with the control group, the NLVH group had significantly lower GWE and GLS and higher GWW, but no significant differences in GWI, GCW were observed between these two groups. The LVEF was negatively correlated with GWW in MHD patients, but positively correlated with GWI, GWE, and GCW in the LVH group. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis revealed that GWE, GWW, GWI, and GCW had appreciable area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity for evaluating LV function in LVH patients on MHD. Conclusions The MW parameters can quantitatively represent the LV myocardial work in MHD patients. Thus, the technique provides a new method for the quantitative evaluation of LV systolic function in MHD with LVH patients.
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- Chang Liu
- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China.
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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Liu C, Yan ZN, Fan L, Huang J, Shen D, Song XT. Layer-specific speckle tracking analysis of left ventricular systolic function and synchrony in maintenance hemodialysis patients. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2020; 20:126. [PMID: 32160879 PMCID: PMC6953233 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-019-01324-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study investigated the value of layer-specific strain analysis by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) for evaluating left ventricular (LV) systolic function and synchrony in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. METHODS A total of 34 MHD patients and 35 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Dynamic images were collected at the LV apical long-axis, the four- and two- chamber, and the LV short-axis views at the basal, middle, and apical segments. The layer-specific speckle tracking (LST) technique was used to analyze the longitudinal strain (LS) and circumferential strain (CS) of LV sub-endocardium, mid-myocardium, sub-epicardium, global longitudinal strain (GLS), global circumferential strain (GCS), the LV 17 segment time to peak LS (TTP), and the peak strain dispersion (PSD). The differences in these parameters were compared between control and MHD groups, and the correlation between PSD and each LS parameter was examined. The receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve was used to evaluate the efficacy of three myocardial layer LS and CS in the assessment of LV systolic dysfunction in MHD patients. RESULTS MHD patients had comparable left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), but significantly smaller LV GLS, GCS, and three-layer LS and CS compared to the control group. The three myocardial layer LS of the basal segment, middle segment, and apex segment was significantly reduced in the MHD patients compared to the normal subjects, while the three myocardial layer CS of the basal segment, middle segment, and apex segment was significantly reduced in the MHD patients compared to the normal subjects, except for the sub-endocardium of the middle and apex segment. MHD patients had significantly higher TTP of LV 17 segments and PSD compared to controls, and had delayed peak time in most segments. In addition, PSD of MHD patients was positively correlated with sub-endocardial and mid-myocardial LS and GLS, but not with sub-epicardial LS. The area under the curves (AUCs) of sub-endocardial, mid-myocardial, and sub-epicardial LS in MHD patients were 0.894, 0.852, and 0.870, respectively; the AUCs of sub-epicardial, mid-myocardial, and sub-endocardial CS were 0.852, 0.837, and 0.669, respectively. CONCLUSIONS LST may detect early changes of all three-layer LS and CS and PSD in MHD patients, and is therefore a valuable tool to diagnose LV systolic dysfunction in MHD patients.
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- Chang Liu
- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China.
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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- Department of Echocardiography, The Affiliated Changzhou No.2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, 213003, China
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