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ArticleEcho research and practice2025

Assessment of myocardial work in sarcomere gene mutation carriers, healthy controls and overt nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Carla Marques Pires, George Joy, Miltiadis Triantafyllou, Ricardo Prista Monteiro, Ana Ferreira, Konstantinos Savvatis, Luis Rocha Lopes

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Carla Marques PiresDepartment of Cardiology, Braga Hospital, Braga, Portugal.
George JoyBarts Heart Center, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, England.
Miltiadis TriantafyllouHalmstad Hospital, Region Halland, Halmstad, Sweden.
Ricardo Prista MonteiroBarts Heart Center, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, England.
Ana FerreiraBarts Heart Center, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, England.
Konstantinos SavvatisBarts Heart Center, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, England.
Luis Rocha LopesBarts Heart Center, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, England. luis.lopes.10@ucl.ac.uk.

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Barts Charity project grant MRC0281British Heart Foundation clinical research training fellowship FS/CRTF/21/2469Medical Research Council UK Research and Innovation Clinical Academic Research Partnership award MR/T005181/1
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Abstract

backgroundHypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is defined by unexplained hypertrophy and often characterized by diastolic and systolic dysfunction. HCM patients are known to have impaired left ventricular (LV) myocardial work (MW), a more load-independent parameter compared to global longitudinal strain (GLS). We hypothesized that impaired MW might occur in sarcomere mutation carriers without LV hypertrophy. METHODS AND

resultsA single centre study with a case-control design. Patients with overt nonobstructive HCM and a causal sarcomere gene variant (n = 44), carriers (n = 51) and age and sex matched (to the carriers) healthy controls (n = 32) underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram including myocardial deformation analysis to calculate GLS and MW. Global work index (GWI) (1695 ± 332mmHg% vs. 1881.50 ± 490mmHg%, p = 0.001) and global constructive work (GCW) (2017.78 ± 323.05mmHg% vs. 2329.31 ± 485.44 mmHg%, p = 0.002) were lower in sarcomere mutation carriers compared to controls. LV ejection fraction and GLS were similar between these two groups. GWI (1209 ± 735mmHg% vs. 1695 ± 332mmhg%, p < 0.001), GCW (1456 ± 703mmHg% vs. 1993 ± 389mmHg%, p < 0.001), global wasted work (GWW) (117 ± 148mmHg% vs. 96 ± 69mmHg%, p = 0.006) and global work efficiency (GWE) (89 ± 7% vs. 95 ± 3%, p < 0.001)] were worse in overt non-obstructive HCM patients.

conclusionWe show for the first time that MW indexes were significantly worse in sarcomere mutation carriers compared to controls, suggesting that MW is more sensitive to early changes than GLS and could have a significant role in the evaluation and follow-up of carriers.

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CarriersMyocardial workNonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathySarcomere mutations

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