Right ventricular involvement in anterior myocardial infarction: a tissue Doppler-derived strain and strain rate study
Clinics
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68(9): 1225-1230, set. 2013. tab, graf
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Strain and strain rate imaging is currently the most popular echocardiographic technique that reveals subclinical myocardial damage. There are currently no available data on this imaging method with regard to assessing right ventricular involvement in anterior myocardial infarction. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate right ventricular regional functions using a derived strain and strain rate imaging tissue Doppler method in patients who were successfully treated for their first anterior myocardial infarction.METHODS:
The patient group was composed of 44 patients who had experienced their first anterior myocardial infarction and had undergone successful percutaneous coronary intervention. Twenty patients were selected for the control group. The right ventricular myocardial samplings were performed in three regions the basal, mid, and apical segments of the lateral wall. The individual myocardial velocity, strain, and strain rate values of each basal, mid, and apical segment were obtained.RESULTS:
The right ventricular myocardial velocities of the patient group were significantly decreased with respect to all three velocities in the control group. The strain and strain rate values of the right mid and apical ventricular segments in the patient group were significantly lower than those of the control group (excluding the right ventricular basal strain and strain rate). In addition, changes in the right ventricular mean strain and strain rate values were significant.CONCLUSION:
Right ventricular involvement following anterior myocardial infarction can be assessed using tissue Doppler based strain and strain rate .
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right
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Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
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Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinics
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey
Institution/Affiliation country:
BezmiAlem Vakif University/TR
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