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Evaluation of Left Ventricular Structure and Function using 3D Echocardiography
Published on: October 28, 2020
Evaluation of left ventricular function by 2D Strain in acute coronary syndrome
Background:
The 2D Strain is a new echo-cardiographic technique allowing the study of the myocardial deformation based on a follow-up of the acoustic markers of the LV wall. The aim of our study was to validate the contribution of this technique in the detection of the ischemia and in the prediction of the culprit coronary axis and the number of vessels affected and also we analyzed the correlation of this parameter with the Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction (LVEF) and the Wall Motion Score Index (WMSI).
Methods:
This is a prospective study included 173 consecutive patients admitted for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) during the period between January 2015 and October 2016. All the patients had echocardiography with analysis of function by 2DStrain and a coronary angiography .The data have been listed on an SPSS database.
Conclusion:
The 2D Longitudinal Strain represents an excellent parameter which allows a reliable detection of an alteration in the systolic function of the LV in ischemic heart disease and it's very useful to predict the culprit coronary axis and the number of vessels affected.
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