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ArticleThe Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology2020

Impact of the left anterior descending artery wrapping around the left ventricular apex on cardiac mechanics in patients with normal coronary angiography.

Hala Mahfouz Badran, Waleed Abdou Ibrahim, Tamer Alaksher, Ghada Soltan

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Article in The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hala Mahfouz BadranMenoufia University, P.O box 34, 55-El Gish street, Tanta, Egypt. halamahfouz_1000@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5231-750X
Waleed Abdou IbrahimMenoufia University, P.O box 34, 55-El Gish street, Tanta, Egypt.
Tamer AlaksherNational Heart Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Ghada SoltanMenoufia University, P.O box 34, 55-El Gish street, Tanta, Egypt.
Menoufia University · EGNational Heart Institute · EG

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Abstract

backgroundWe examined the impact of left anterior descending (LAD) wrapping on left ventricular (LV) mechanics in patients with normal coronary angiography. Seventy-one patients with evidence of normal coronary angiography (LAD wrapping: n = 52, 73%) and LAD non-wrapping (n = 19, 27%) were included in the study. Using 2D-strain imaging, we measured LV longitudinal and circumferential (circ) strain (ε

resultsNo significant difference in age, gender, body surface area (BSA), or ejection fraction (EF%) between groups. LAD-wrapping group showed higher deceleration time (DT) (P < 0.0001), global longitudinal ε

conclusionWrapped LAD is associated with better myocardial relaxation and rotational mechanics in patients with normal coronary angiography. This could explain the worse prognosis in such population when LAD occlusion acutely emerges.

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PMID32495302
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