Right ventricular free-wall longitudinal speckle tracking strain in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension under specific treatment
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2017
Yazarlar: Hatice S. Kemal, Latife Meral KAYIKÇIOĞLU, Hakan Kultursay, Ozcan Vuran, Sanem NALBANTGİL, Nesrin MOĞULKOÇ BISHOP, Levent Hürkan CAN
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2017, cilt 34, ss 530-536
DOI: 10.1111/echo.13472
Özet
Background Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a major determinant of outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), although the optimal measure of RV function is poorly defined. We evaluated the utility of RV free-wall speckle tracking strain as an assessment tool for RV function in patients with PAH who are already under specific treatment compared with conventional echocardiographic parameters and investigated the relationship of RV free-wall strain with clinical hemodynamic parameters of RV performance.