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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular imaging2022

The Usefulness of 4D Echocardiographic Modality for Assessing RV Affection in Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients.

Rehab M Hamdy, Shaimaa A Habib, Layla A Mohamed, Ola H Abd Elaziz

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Rehab M HamdyDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine (for Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. rmhamdy2013@outlook.sa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8188-6792
Shaimaa A HabibDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine (for Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3893-818X
Layla A MohamedDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine (for Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8608-5214
Ola H Abd ElazizDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine (for Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4089-7572
Al-Azhar University · EG

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Abstract

backgroundIn many cardiovascular disorders, the contractile performance of the right ventricle (RV) is the primary determinant of prognosis. For evaluating RV volumes and function, 4 dimensional (4D)-echocardiography has become common. This research used 2D and 4D modalities to assess RV contractile performance in hypertensive patients.

methodsA total of 150 patients with essential hypertension were enrolled in this study, along with 75 age and sex-matched volunteers. Clinical evaluation and echocardiographic examination (including M-mode, tissue Doppler imaging, and 2D speckle tracking) were conducted on all participants. RV volumes, 4D-ejection fraction (EF), 4D-fractional area change (FAC), 4D-tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), 4D-septal and free wall (FW) strain were all measured using 4D-echocardiography.

resultsHypertensive patients showed 2D-RV systolic and diastolic dysfunction (including TAPSE, 2D-right ventricular global longitudinal strain, RV-myocardial performance index and average E/EaRV) and 4D-RV impairment (including right ventricular EF, FAC, RV strain and TAPSE, right ventricular end-diastolic volume and right ventricular end-systolic volume) compared to the control group. We verified the prevalence of RV systolic dysfunction in hypertension patients using the following parameters: 1) 15% of them had 2D-TAPSE < 17 mm vs. 40% by 4D-TAPSE; 2) 25% of them had 2D-GLS < 19% vs. 42% by 4D-septal strain and 35% by 4D FW strain; 3) 35% of hypertensive patients had 4D-EF < 45%; and finally; 4) 25% of hypertensive patients had 2D-FAC < 35% compared to 45% by 4D-FAC.

conclusionsThe incidence of RV involvement was greater in 4D than in 2D-modality trans-thoracic echocardiography. We speculated that 4D-echocardiography with 4D-strain imaging would be more beneficial for examining RV morphology and function in hypertensive patients than 2D-echocardiography, since 4D-echocardiography could estimate RV volumes and function without making geometric assumptions.

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4 dimensional echocardiography4 dimensional-fractional area changeHypertensionRight ventricle

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