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ArticleThe Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology2024

Evaluation of right ventricular functions in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy by speckle-tracking echocardiography.

Reham Mohamed Darweesh, Dina Mohamed Yousry Ahmed, Kamal Mahmoud Ahmed, Wafaa Anwar El-Aroussy, Abdalla Amin Elagha

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Reham Mohamed DarweeshFaculty of Medicine - Cardiovascular Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Dina Mohamed Yousry AhmedMedical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Kamal Mahmoud AhmedMedical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Wafaa Anwar El-AroussyFaculty of Medicine - Cardiovascular Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abdalla Amin ElaghaFaculty of Medicine - Cardiovascular Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. abdallaaa@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3136-2293

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backgroundIt is widely recognized that the right ventricle plays a significant role in the prognosis of numerous diseases. However, the assessment of right ventricular function (RV) has not been given much attention until recently. This study used speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) to assess RV functions in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients.

resultsThis study included 74 patients diagnosed with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) and an ejection fraction (EF) of less than 50%. Although all the selected patients had normal RV systolic function by tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), a considerable percentage of them had subtle RV systolic dysfunction, which could be identified by right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain (RV FWLS) (36.5%) and right ventricular global longitudinal strain (RV GLS) (55.4%). Moreover, the mean RV FWLS was significantly higher than RV GLS (- 20.4 ± 5.08% vs. - 17.5 ± 6.89%), respectively. Advanced left ventricle (LV) adverse remodeling was associated with subtle RV dysfunction. Using multivariate regression analysis, increased E/e' (p = 0.016, CI 1.135-3.423) and RV myocardial performance index (MPI) (p = 0.007, CI 0.000-0.007) were identified as independent factors of impaired RV FWLS with the greatest effectiveness.

conclusionWhen standard RV measures are normal in patients with ICM, RV systolic strain analysis offers an incremental utility to detect subtle abnormalities in RV function, especially in resource-constrained settings where cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is not practical.

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Ischemic cardiomyopathyRight ventricleSpeckle-tracking echocardiography

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