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Is 2D speckle tracking echocardiography useful for detecting and monitoring myocardial dysfunction in adult m.3243A>G carriers? — a retrospective pilot study
Author(s) -
Koene S.,
Timmermans J.,
Weijers G.,
Laat P.,
Korte C. L.,
Smeitink J. A. M.,
Janssen M. C. H.,
Kapusta L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/s10545-016-0001-7
Subject(s) - speckle tracking echocardiography , medicine , reproducibility , cardiology , retrospective cohort study , asymptomatic , cardiomyopathy , mitochondrial disease , nuclear medicine , mitochondrial dna , heart failure , ejection fraction , biology , genetics , statistics , mathematics , gene
Objectives Cardiomyopathy is a common complication of mitochondrial disorders, associated with increased mortality. Two dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2DSTE) can be used to quantify myocardial deformation. Here, we aimed to determine the usefulness of 2DSTE in detecting and monitoring subtle changes in myocardial dysfunction in carriers of the 3243A>G mutation in mitochondrial DNA. Methods In this retrospective pilot study, 30 symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers of the mitochondrial 3243A>G mutation of whom two subsequent echocardiograms were available were included. We measured longitudinal, circumferential and radial strain using 2DSTE. Results were compared to published reference values. Results Speckle tracking was feasible in 90 % of the patients for longitudinal strain. Circumferential and radial strain showed low face validity (low number of images with sufficient quality; suboptimal tracking) and were therefore rejected for further analysis. Global longitudinal strain showed good face validity, and was abnormal in 56–70 % (depending on reference values used) of the carriers ( n = 27). Reproducibility was good (mean difference of 0.83 for inter‐ and 0.40 for intra‐rater reproducibility; ICC 0.78 and 0.89, respectively). The difference between the first and the second measurement exceeded the measurement variance in 39 % of the cases ( n = 23; feasibility of follow‐up 77 %). Discussion Even in data collected as part of clinical care, two‐dimensional strain echocardiography seems a feasible method to detect and monitor subtle changes in longitudinal myocardial deformation in adult carriers of the mitochondrial 3243A>G mutation. Based on our data and the reported accuracy of global longitudinal strain in other studies, we suggest the use of global longitudinal strain in a prospective follow‐up or intervention study.