作者
Erberto Carluccio, Paolo Biagioli, Gianfranco Alunni, Adriano Murrone, Cinzia Zuchi, Stefano Coiro, Clara Riccini, Anna Mengoni, Antonella D’Antonio, Giuseppe Ambrosio
发表日期
2018/1
期刊
Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
卷号
11
期号
1
页码范围
e006894
出版商
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
简介
Background
In heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction, right ventricular (RV) impairment, as defined by reduced tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, is a predictor of poor outcome. However, peak longitudinal strain of RV free wall (RVFWS) has been recently proposed as a more accurate and sensitive tool to evaluate RV function. Accordingly, we investigated whether RVFWS could help refine prognosis of patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction in whom tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion is still preserved.
Methods and Results
A total of 200 patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (age, 66±11 years; ejection fraction, 30±7%) with preserved tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (>16 mm) underwent RV function assessment using speckle-tracking echocardiography to measure peak RVFWS. After a median follow-up period of 28 months, 62 (31%) patients reached the primary …
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