ArticleJournal of echocardiography2023
Right ventricular systolic strain in patients with pulmonary hypertension: clinical feasibility, reproducibility, and correlation with ejection fraction.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prognostic value of right ventricular free-wall longitudinal strain in patients with pulmonary hypertension: systematic review and meta-analyses.Open heart · 2024Pooled it
- Right ventricular strain impairment due to hypoxia in patients with COPD: a post hoc analysis of two randomised controlled trials.Open heart · 2025Trial
- Prognostic value of right ventricular free-wall longitudinal strain compared to conventional echocardiographic parameters in tricuspid regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of echocardiography · 2026Article
- Evaluation of right ventricular function using a novel three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography automatic analysis system.Journal of echocardiography · 2026Article
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- Defining Echocardiographic Degrees of Right Heart Size and Function in Pulmonary Vascular Disease from the PVDOMICS Study.Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging · 2024Observational
- Feasibility study on evaluating right ventricular diastolic function by new Tei'-Index.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Predicting Regurgitant Fraction in Pediatric Patients with Repaired Fallot Using Right Ventricular Strain.Journal of cardiovascular echographyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRight ventricular (RV) systolic function is the major determinant of prognosis in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) with quantitative assessment by speckle-tracking strain echocardiography emerging as a viable candidate measure.
methodWe evaluated a prospective cohort of 231 patients with known or suspected PH referred for clinical echocardiography. All underwent measurement of RV free-wall systolic strain by sonographer staff. Digital images were recorded for blinded offline assessment by an expert echocardiographer. Reproducibility was assessed using the analysis methods of Bland-Altman and the Cohen's-Kappa coefficient.
resultsRV strain was feasible in 213 (92%). The average RV systolic pressure was 59 ± 22 mmHg. RV systolic strain correlated with functional class, NT-proBNP, and the degree of RV enlargement. The average free-wall systolic strain was - 20 ± 7% (range - 2 to - 37%). The RV strain measures (clinical practice versus blinded expert) had an excellent correlation with a normal distribution (R
conclusionHere RV systolic strain was found to be highly feasible and reproducible in clinical practice with excellent levels of agreement for clinically relevant thresholds.
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