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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Complex Relationship of Left Ventricular Rotational Mechanics and Deformation Represented by Strain Parameters in Healthy Adults-Detailed Analysis from the Three-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiographic MAGYAR-Healthy Study.

Attila Nemes, Árpád Kormányos, Nóra Ambrus, Csaba Lengyel

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Attila NemesDepartment of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-7570-6214
Árpád KormányosDepartment of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary.
Nóra AmbrusDepartment of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary.
Csaba LengyelDepartment of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, H-6725 Szeged, Hungary.

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introductionLeft ventricular (LV) strains are measures of deformation that reflect LV function quantifying the rate of LV contraction, providing information in three directions in space: radial (RS), longitudinal (LS) and circumferential directions (CS). The LV moves around its longitudinal axis in a special movement called LV rotational mechanics. The present study aimed to assess associations between three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (3DSTE)-derived LV rotational mechanics and LV strains in healthy adult subjects.

methodsThe present study consisted of 174 healthy adults (mean age: 32.8 ± 12.2 years, 79 males). Complete two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography and 3DSTE were performed in all subjects.

resultsWhile LV-gRS and LV-gLS did not show associations with increased basal LV rotation, the lowest LV-gCS was seen in the presence of the highest LV basal rotation. An increase in basal LV rotation and consequential LV twist were not associated with apical LV rotation. While LV-gLS was not associated with the increase in apical LV rotation, LV-gRS and LV-gCS showed a trend towards increasing values. An increase in LV-gRS was associated with an increasing trend towards apical LV rotation, LV twist and LV-gCS and the preservation of basal LV rotation. LV-gLS also increased but only up to a certain value. An increase in LV-gCS was associated with a tendency towards a decrease in basal LV rotation and a tendency towards an increase in LV-gRS and LV-gLS. The highest LV-gCS was associated with the highest apical LV rotation and LV twist. The highest apical LV rotation, LV twist and LV-gCS were seen in the presence of the highest LV-gLS, while basal LV rotation and LV-gRS were not associated with increasing LV-gLS.

conclusionsBasal LV rotation has been shown to have an inverse relationship with LV-gCS, but without being related to LV-gRS and LV-gLS, while apical LV rotation is associated with LV strains in all directions, but to a different extent, suggesting a complex relationship between LV rotational mechanics and LV strains in healthy adults.

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echocardiographyleft ventricularrotationspeckle-trackingstrainthree-dimensional

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