| Early detection of left ventricular dysfunction with strain imaging in thalassemia patients. | |
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PMID: 20641107 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Iron-mediated cardiomyopathy is the main cause of death in thalassemia patients. Early detection of cardiac abnormalities is important as aggressive chelation therapy may improve prognosis in these patients. The aim of this study is to evaluate left ventricular (LV) functions by tissue velocity imaging (TVI) and strain imaging (SI) in thalassemia patients without overt heart failure. METHODS: At total of 32 patients with beta-thalassemia major (mean age: 24.2+/-8.0 y, 22 male) and 25 healthy controls (mean age: 22.8+/-2.1 y, 20 male) were included. Conventional echocardiography, TVI, and SI were performed on all subjects. Tissue velocity imaging and SI measures included peak systolic, early and late diastolic myocardial velocities, peak systolic strain and strain rate, and early and late diastolic strain rate at the basal segments of the LV lateral and septal walls. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in LV ejection fraction and fractional shortening between the groups. However, systolic myocardial velocity of the lateral wall and systolic strain and strain rate of the septal and lateral walls were significantly lower in thalassemia patients. There was a significant negative correlation between LV mass index and systolic myocardial velocity of the lateral wall (r = - 0.29, P = .045) and septal systolic strain (r = - 0.45, P < .001). CONCLUSION: Thalassemia patients have regional systolic dysfunction in the LV lateral and septal walls, even if they do not have overt heart failure. Strain imaging is helpful in early detection of LV systolic dysfunction in thalassemia patients. |
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Ahmet Kaya Bilge; Engin Altinkaya; Beste Ozben; Figen Pekun; Kamil Adalet; Selim Yavuz |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Clinical cardiology Volume: 33 ISSN: 1932-8737 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Cardiol Publication Date: 2010 Jul |
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Created Date: 2010-07-19 Completed Date: 2010-10-26 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7903272 Medline TA: Clin Cardiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: E29-34 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright (c) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. |
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Adult Case-Control Studies Disease Progression Early Diagnosis Echocardiography, Doppler, Color* Female Humans Male Myocardial Contraction Predictive Value of Tests Stroke Volume Turkey Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology, physiopathology, ultrasonography* Ventricular Function, Left* Young Adult beta-Thalassemia / complications*, physiopathology, ultrasonography |
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