2D-Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Contributes to Early Identification of Impaired Left Ventricular Myocardial Function in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Yan ◽  
Haiming Li ◽  
Chuanming Hao ◽  
Haiming Shi ◽  
Yong Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Early Identification ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Myocardial Function ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
2D Speckle Tracking

2D-Speckle tracking echocardiography contributes to early identification of impaired left ventricular myocardial function in children with chronic kidney disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 1404-1409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Demetgul ◽  
Dilek Giray ◽  
Ali Delibas ◽  
Olgu Hallioglu
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Systolic Strain ◽  
2D Speckle Tracking

AbstractIntroductionThe aim of this study is to determine early changes in cardiac function of children with chronic kidney disease by using 2D-speckle tracking echocardiography.MethodThe study included 38 children – 16 girls and 22 boys – diagnosed as having chronic kidney disease in the nephrology department with a glomerular filtration rate of <90 ml/minute/1.73 m2 for at least 3 months. A total of 37 – 15 girls and 22 boys – age- and sex-matched healthy children were included as the control group. 2D-Speckle tracking echocardiography was performed in all subjects.ResultsThe mean age was 13.45±2.8 years in patients and 12.89±3.07 years in controls. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures and left ventricular mass index were significantly higher in patients (p<0.05). The values of mitral e, mitral a, mitral e/a ratio, and mitral deceleration time were not different between the groups. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion values were lower in patients (p<0.01). Global strain values in apical long-axis 3-chamber and 2-chamber views were significantly lower in patients (p<0.05). Longitudinal, radial, and circumferential peak systolic strain values were lower in patients, but the difference was statistically significant in all segments of longitudinal view and basal segment of circumferential view (p<0.05). Radial and circumferential systolic strain rates were significantly lower in patients in all three segments (p<0.05). Moreover, early diastolic strain rate was significantly lower in longitudinal and radial apical segments and in all segments of circumferential measurements in patients. Besides, strain rate e/a ratio was significantly lower in all longitudinal segments of patients (p=0.01).ConclusionThe study concluded that 2D-speckle tracking echocardiography method can determine cardiac involvement earlier than conventional echocardiography in children with chronic kidney disease having preserved ejection fraction.

scholarly journals Speckle Tracking Echocardiography and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 690-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Jahn ◽  
Rafael Kramann ◽  
Nikolaus Marx ◽  
Jürgen Floege ◽  
Michael Becker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Myocardial Dysfunction ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
All Cause Mortality

Background and Objectives: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) exhibit a highly increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Subtle changes in left ventricular function can be detected by two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). This study investigated whether myocardial dysfunction detected by 2D STE may aid in CV and all-cause mortality risk assessment in patients with CKD stages 3 and 4. Method: A study group of 285 patients (CKD 3: 193 patients; CKD 4: 92 patients) and a healthy control group (34 participants) were included in the retrospective study. 2D STE values as well as early and late diastolic strain rates were measured in ventricular longitudinal, circumferential and radial directions. Patients’ CV and all-cause outcome was determined. Results: In the CKD group all measured longitudinal STE values and radial strain were significantly reduced compared to the control group. Cox proportional hazards regression revealed global longitudinal strain to predict CV and all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 1.15, 95% CI 1.06–1.25; p = 0.0008 and HR 1.09, 95% CI 1.04–1.14; p = 0.0003). After adjustment for sex, age, diabetes, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and preexisting CV disease, this association was maintained for CV mortality and all-cause mortality (HR 1.16, 95% CI 1.06–1.27; p = 0.0019 and HR 1.08, 95% CI 1.03–1.14; p = 0.0026, respectively). Conclusions: The present study shows that 2D STE detects reduced left ventricular myocardial function and allows the prediction of CV and all-cause mortality in patients at CKD stages 3 and 4.

Evaluation of left ventricular systolic functions in two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in children with chronic renal failure

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ozgur Kizilca ◽  
Derya Ozmen ◽  
Tulay Demircan ◽  
Nuh Yilmaz ◽  
Mustafa Kir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Left Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Ventricular Dysfunction ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Global Strain

Abstract Background and aim: Chronic kidney disease may lead to left ventricular dysfunction. Early detection of cardiovascular disease in children with chronic kidney disease is essential to prevent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in early adulthood. This study aimed to document the dysfunction using methods such as two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in the early stage. Methods: A total of 34 patients diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (mean age ± standard deviation, 10.5 ± 4.1 years) and 37 sex- and age-matched (mean age 9.8 ± 4.2 years) healthy controls were studied. The results of the two groups were compared along with those of the published studies. Results: The echocardiography measurements had no significant difference in the end-diastolic and end-systolic diameter values of left ventricular, ejection fraction, shortening fraction, mitral E value, mitral A value, and E/A ratio between the groups. Pulmonary artery systolic and diastolic pressure and left ventricular mass index were significantly higher in the patient group (p < 0.01). The longitudinal global strain values in the apical four-chamber, three-chamber, and two-chamber views and the total global strain values were significantly lower in the patients (p < 0.01). The circumferential global strain values in the apical, mid, basal, and total global strain were lower in the patient group, but this difference was statistically significant in the apical global and total global strain values (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Speckle-tracking echocardiography might help identify subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease with unremarkable conventional echocardiography.

scholarly journals Atrial and Ventricular Structural and Functional Alterations in Obese Children

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 562
Author(s):  
Rima Šileikienė ◽  
Karolina Adamonytė ◽  
Aristida Ziutelienė ◽  
Eglė Ramanauskienė ◽  
Jolanta Justina Vaškelytė
Keyword(s):  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Longitudinal Strain ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Myocardial Dysfunction ◽  
Global Longitudinal Strain ◽  
Radial Strain ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
2D Speckle Tracking

Background and objectives: Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in the world. Obesity in children is defined as a body mass index (BMI) equal to or above the 95th percentile for age and sex. The aim of this study was to determine early changes in cardiac structure and function in obese children by comparing them with their nonobese peers, using echocardiography methods. Materials and methods: The study enrolled 35 obese and 37 age-matched nonobese children. Standardized 2-dimensional (2D), pulsed wave tissue Doppler, and 2D speckle tracking echocardiography were performed. The z-score BMI and lipid metabolism were assessed in all children. Results: Obese children (aged 13.51 ± 2.15 years; 20 boys; BMI z-score of 0.88 ± 0.63) were characterized by enlarged ventricular and atrial volumes, a thicker left ventricular posterior wall, and increased left ventricular mass. Decreased LV and RV systolic and diastolic function was found in obese children. Atrial peak negative (contraction) strain (−2.05% ± 2.17% vs. −4.87% ± 2.97%, p < 0.001), LV and RV global longitudinal strain (−13.3% ± 2.88% vs. −16.87% ± 3.39%; −12.51% ± 10.09% vs. −21.51% ± 7.42%, p < 0.001), and LV global circumferential strain (−17.0 ± 2.7% vs. −19.5 ± 2.9%, p < 0.001) were reduced in obese children. LV torsion (17.94° ± 2.07° vs. 12.45° ± 3.94°, p < 0.001) and normalized torsion (2.49 ± 0.4°/cm vs. 1.86 ± 0.61°/cm, p = 0.001) were greater in obese than nonobese children. A significant inverse correlation was found between LV and RV global longitudinal strain and BMI (r = −0.526, p < 0.01; r = −0.434, p < 0.01) and total cholesterol (r = −0.417, p < 0.01). Multivariate analysis revealed that the BMI z-score was independently related to LV and RV global longitudinal strain as well as LV circumferential and radial strain. Conclusion: 2D speckle tracking echocardiography is beneficial in the early detection of regional LV systolic and diastolic dysfunctions, with preserved ejection fraction as well as additional RV and atrial involvement, in obese children. Obesity may negatively influence atrial and ventricular function, as measured by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography. Obese children, though they are apparently healthy, may have subclinical myocardial dysfunction.

Left ventricular 2D speckle tracking echocardiography for detection of systolic dysfunction in genetic, dilated cardiomyopathies

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 694-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter van der Bijl ◽  
Marianne Bootsma ◽  
Yasmine L Hiemstra ◽  
Nina Ajmone Marsan ◽  
Jeroen J Bax ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Systolic Dysfunction ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
2D Speckle Tracking

scholarly journals Comparison of left ventricular systolic function by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography between normal pregnant women and pregnant women with preeclampsia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-313
Author(s):  
Atoosa Mostafavi ◽  
Yaser Tase Zar ◽  
Farahnaz Nikdoust ◽  
Seyed Abdolhossein Tabatabaei
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Speckle Tracking ◽  
Circumferential Strain ◽  
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography ◽  
Systolic Function ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Ventricular Systolic Function ◽  
2D Speckle Tracking ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Right

Introduction: In light of previous studies reporting the significant effects of preeclampsia on cardiac dimensions, we sought to evaluate changes in the left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic functions in patients with preeclampsia with a view to investigating changes in cardiac strain. <br /> Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated healthy pregnant women and pregnant women suffering from preeclampsia who were referred to our hospital for routine healthcare services. LV strain was measured by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography. <br /> Results: Compared with the healthy group, echocardiography in the group with preeclampsia showed a significant increase in the LV end-diastolic diameter (47.43 ± 4.94 mm vs 44.84 ± 4.30 mm; P = 0.008), the LV end-systolic diameter (31.16 ± 33.3 mm vs 29.20 ± 3.75 mm; P = 0.008), and the right ventricular diameter (27.93 ± 1.71 mm vs 24.53 ± 23.3; P = 0.001). The mean global longitudinal strain was -18.69 ± 2.8 in the group with preeclampsia and -19.39 ± 3.49 in the healthy group, with the difference not constituting statistical significance (P = 0.164). The mean global circumferential strain in the groups with and without preeclampsia was -20.4 ± 12.4 and -22.68 ± 5.50, respectively, which was significantly lower in the preeclampsia group (P = 0.028).<br /> Conclusion: The development of preeclampsia was associated with an increase in the right and left ventricular diameters, as well as a decrease in the ventricular systolic function, demonstrated by a decline in global circumferential strain.

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