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ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2022

Early changes in left ventricular myocardial function by 2D speckle tracking layer-specific technique in neonates with hyperbilirubinemia.

Zimian Chen, Suming Zhang, Aijuan Fang, Jun Shao, Hong Shen, Bugao Sun, Guanjun Guo, Lei Liu

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Zimian Chen *Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.
Suming Zhang *Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.
Aijuan FangDepartment of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.
Jun ShaoDepartment of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.
Hong ShenDepartment of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.
Bugao SunDepartment of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.
Guanjun GuoDepartment of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.
Lei LiuDepartment of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Affiliated Kunshan Hospital of Jiangsu University, Kunshan, China.
Jiangsu University · CNFirst People's Hospital of Kunshan · CNNanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CN

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Abstract

backgroundHyperbilirubinemia (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).

methodsA 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.

resultsThe 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.

conclusions2DSTI 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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echocardiographyhyperbilirubinemialeft ventricular systolic functionmyocardial deformationnewbornsSpeckle tracking

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