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  • Title: Right heart function in impaired left ventricular diastolic function: 2D speckle tracking echocardiography-based and Doppler tissue imaging-based analysis of right atrial and ventricular function.
    Author: Brand A, Bathe M, Oertelt-Prigione S, Seeland U, Rücke M, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Stangl K, Knebel F, Stangl V, Dreger H.
    Journal: Echocardiography; 2018 Jan; 35(1):47-55. PubMed ID: 29106754.
    Abstract:
    AIM: The aim of our study was to describe right atrial (RA) and right ventricular (RV) function, assessed by Doppler tissue imaging and 2D speckle tracking echocardiography (2DSTE), in women with signs of early impaired left ventricular diastolic function (DD). METHODS AND RESULTS: In a cross-sectional trial, standard parameters of diastolic and right heart function were investigated in 438 women of the Berlin Female Risk Evaluation (BEFRI) study. In a subset of women, average peak systolic RA strain (RAS), as well as the average peak systolic RV strain of the free wall (RVS free wall) and of all RV segments (average RV strain; RVS Avg), was analyzed using 2DSTE. Compared to women with normal diastolic function (DD0), RAS, RVS free wall and RVS Avg were significantly reduced in DD (43.1% ± 11.9%, -26.7% ± 5.6%, and -23.3% ± 3.5% in DD0; vs 35.1% ± 10.4%, -23.9% ± 5.5%, and -20.6% ± 3.8% in DD; P < .01). Peak RV myocardial velocity (RV-IVV) and acceleration during isovolumetric contraction (RV-IVA) were markedly higher in DD (15.0 ± 3.9 cm/s and 3.1 ± 1.0 m/s² in DD vs 11.9 ± 3.2 cm/s and 2.8 ± 0.8 m/s² in DD0; P < .05). RAS and RV-IVV were significantly associated with DD after adjustment to age, BMI, and left atrial strain in multivariate regression analysis. CONCLUSION: Systolic right heart function is significantly altered in DD. DTI as well as 2DSTE constitute sensitive echocardiographic tools that enable the diagnosis of impaired right heart mechanics in early-staged DD.
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