Assessments of right ventricular strain using cardiac m agnetic resonance imaging following kidney transplantation

Nephrology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Cai ◽  
Tahrin Mahmood ◽  
Abdulaziz Ahmed Hashi ◽  
Ramesh Prasad ◽  
Philip W. Connelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Transplantation ◽  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Right Ventricular Strain

scholarly journals Right Ventricular Strain, Torsion, and Dyssynchrony in Healthy Subjects Using 3D Spiral Cine DENSE Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1076-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Suever ◽  
Gregory J. Wehner ◽  
Linyuan Jing ◽  
David K. Powell ◽  
Sean M. Hamlet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Right Ventricular Strain ◽  
Cine Dense

scholarly journals Speckle tracking echocardiography in primary mitral regurgitation: should we reconsider the time for intervention?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Concetta Pastore ◽  
Giulia Elena Mandoli ◽  
Aleksander Dokollari ◽  
Gianluigi Bisleri ◽  
Flavio D’Ascenzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitral Regurgitation ◽  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Right Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Cardiac Damage ◽  
Asymptomatic Patients ◽  
Right Ventricular Strain

Abstract Thanks to the improvement in mitral regurgitation (MR) diagnostic and therapeutic management, with the introduction of minimally invasive techniques which have considerably reduced the individual surgical risk, the optimization of the timing for MR “open” or percutaneous surgical treatment has become a main concern which has highly raised scientific interest. In fact, the current indications for intervention in MR, especially in asymptomatic patients, rely on echocardiographic criteria with high severity cut-offs that are fulfilled only when not only mitral valve apparatus but also the cardiac chambers’ structure and function are severely impaired, which results in poor benefits for post-operative clinical outcome. This led to the need of new indices to redefine the optimal surgical timing in these patients. Speckle tracking echocardiography provides early markers of cardiac dysfunction due to subtle myocardial impairment; therefore, it could offer pivotal information in this setting. In fact, left ventricular and left atrial strains have already shown evidence about their usefulness in recognizing MR impact not only on symptoms and quality of life but also on cardiovascular events and new-onset atrial fibrillation in these patients. Moreover, right ventricular strain could be used to identify those patients with advanced cardiac damage and different grades of right ventricular dysfunction, which entails higher risks for cardiac surgery that could overweigh surgical benefits. This review aims to describe the importance of reconsidering the timing of intervention in MR and to analyze the potential additive value of speckle tracking echocardiography in this clinical setting.

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