Determination of right ventricular dysfunction using the speckle tracking echocardiography method in patients with obstructive sleep apnea | Zendy

Refik Emre Altekin | Zendy; Mustafa Serkan Karakaş | Zendy; Atakan Yanıkoğlu | Zendy; Deniz Özel | Zendy; Ömer Ozbudak | Zendy; İbrahim Demir | Zendy; Necmi Değer | Zendy

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Determination of right ventricular dysfunction using the speckle tracking echocardiography method in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Author(s) -

Refik Emre Altekin,

Mustafa Serkan Karakaş,

Atakan Yanıkoğlu,

Deniz Özel,

Ömer Ozbudak,

İbrahim Demir,

Necmi Değer

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

cardiology journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1897-5593

pISSN - 1898-018X

DOI - 10.5603/cj.2012.0024

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , subclinical infection , obstructive sleep apnea , speckle tracking echocardiography , polysomnography , ventricle , diastole , pulmonary hypertension , heart failure , blood pressure , apnea , ejection fraction

The speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) method shows the presence of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction before the advent of RV failure and pulmonary hypertension in patients with cardiopulmonary disease. We aimed to assess subclinical RV dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) using the STE method.

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