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The diagnostic value of 2D‐speckle tracking echocardiography for identifying subclinical ventricular dysfunction in subjects with early repolarization pattern
Author(s) -
Çöllüoğlu Tuğçe,
Önalan Orhan,
Çakan Fahri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.15128
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , ventricle , athletes , basal (medicine) , subclinical infection , speckle tracking echocardiography , physical therapy , heart failure , ejection fraction , insulin
Abstract Introduction Early repolarization pattern (ERP) can exist a silent substrate for arrhytmic events in accordance with the previous studies which have shown there has been evidence of morphological changes in left ventricle (LV) in ERP subjects. Despite structural changes in ERP subjects, it has not exactly known whether a change in LV functional parameters occur in ERP. The aim of our study was to investigate LV functional parameters in ERP athletes evaluated by 2D‐ speckle tracking echocardiography (2D‐STE). Method In this study, athletes with ERP (n = 50) and athletes without ERP (n = 50) were recruited between April 2018 and September 2018. For each case, 2D‐ TTE and 2D‐ STE evaluation were performed by the same cardiologist. Results Left ventricle mean global longitudinal strain (GLS) ( P < .001) and GLS at all apical chamber views ( P < .001), longitudinal peak systolic strain rate (SRS) at A3C ( P : .011), early diastolic strain rate (SRE) at A3C ( P < .001) and late diastolic strain rate (SRA) at A3C ( P : .034) in the ERP athletes were significantly lower than those in the athletes without ERP. LV basal segment circumferential SRS ( P : .002) and SRE ( P : .006) were significantly lower in ERP athletes compared to athletes without ERP. LV mechanical dispersion was significantly higher in ERP athletes compared to athletes without ERP ( P < .001). Conclusion Our study suggests ERP can be more associated with impaired LV longitudinal function than circumferential function. In addition, both LV inferolateral region and basal segment can be more affected functionally in ERP athletes.