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Morphological and Functional Assessment of the Right Ventricle Using 3D Echocardiography
Published on: October 28, 2020
Evaluation of right ventricular mechanics using exercise echocardiography in asymptomatic patients with severe mitral
Esra Poyraz1, Fatma Can2, Nursen Keles2
1Dr. Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Department of Cardiology, Health Science University, Istanbul, Turkey. esrpoyraz@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
We aimed to evaluate the effect of exercise echocardiography (EE) on Right ventricular (RV) deformation parameters in asymptomatic patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) (mitral valve area ≤ 1.5 cm2, stage C) and to determine the relation between symptoms and severity of MS. 38 rheumatic MS patients in stage C underwent EE. 20 Patients were defined; as an exercise intolerance group who couldn't reach a maximum heart rate according to their age during exercise due to developing dyspnea The remaining 18 patients who reached a maximum heart rate without dyspnea were defined; as an exercise tolerance group. RV echocardiographic parameters at baseline and peak exercise were compared between the groups. While RV global strain (RV GLS) (21.02 ± 3.33 vs. 21.92 ± 3.03) and RV free wall longitudinal strain (RV FWLS) (23.41 ± 5.66 vs. 25.08 ± 5.00) at baseline were similar in both groups (P = 0.390 P = 0.343), RV GLS (23.38 ± 4.30 vs. 26.05 ± 3.24) and RV FWLS (24.24 ± 5.78 vs. 28.05 ± 4.62) at peak exercise were reduced in exercise intolerance group (P = 0.040 P = 0.033). The best correlations were found between exercise capacity and RV FWLS at baseline and peak exercise in all MS patients (respectively; r = 0.627 P < 0.001; r = 0.697 P < 0.001). RV mechanics has approved the reliability of EE in patients with asymptomatic patients with severe MS. During exercise RV contractile reserve could diminish in MS patients with stage C who develop dyspnea. Moreover, since our study has a close relationship between exercise capacity and RV mechanics, using RV mechanics during exercise echocardiography may be useful for risk stratification in MS patients with severe MS.
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