Evaluation of the left ventricular torsion and twist in patients with chronic heart failure using three dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

  • Nguyen Thi Kieu Ly 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Bui Huong Lan 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Pham Truong Son 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Pham Thai Giang 108 Military Central Hospital
  • Pham Nguyen Son 108 Military Central Hospital

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Objective: To evaluate the left ventricular torsion deformation in patients with chronic heart failure using 3D speckle tracking echocardiography. Subject and method: From January 2018 to October 2020, a prospective, cross-sectional study with controls was conducted on 110 chronic heart failure patients and 50 healthy people who were treated as inpatients at the Department of Cardiology, 108 Military Central Hospital. Result: The mean age of the group of patients with heart failure was 65.82 ± 11.77, with men accounting for 66.36%, while the mean age of the control group was 65.16 ± 10.24, with men accounting for 68%. The heart failure group's left ventricular torsion parameters were all lower than the control group's: Peak-AR (4.56 ± 2.960 versus 10.41 ± 3.060; p<0.001), Peak-BR (-4.04 ± 2,250 vs -8.97 ± 2.750; p<0.001), Peak-Twist (7.94 ± 4.280 vs 18.99 ± 4.280; p<0.001), and Torsion (1.01 ± 0.560 vs 2.42 ± 0.600; p<0.001) and decreased in both the preserved EF group and the control group: Peak-AR (6.63 ± 2.49 vs 10.41 ± 3.06, p<0.05), Peak-BR (-5.02 ± 3,040 vs -8.97 ± 2.750; p<0.05), Peak-Twist (10.96 ± 4,740 vs 18.99 ± 4,280, p<0.05), Torsion (1.46 ± 0.600 vs 2.42 ± 0.600, p<0.05). The absolute value of left ventricular torsion parameters gradually decreased from heart failure with EF 50% to heart failure with a slight decrease in ejection fraction to heart failure with EF 40%. From the group of heart failure with grade I diastolic dysfunction to the group of heart failure with grade III diastolic dysfunction, the absolute value of the parameters of left ventricular torsion decreased statistically significantly. Apical rotation and left ventricular torsion have a moderate relationship with EF, left ventricular longitudinal strain as measured by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography. On 2D speckle tracking echocardiography, the angle of rotation should be weakly correlated with EF and left ventricular longitudinal strain drived from 2D speckle tracking echocardiography (2D–GLPS). Conclusion: Torsional deformation parameters of the left ventricle were lower in heart failure patients compared to controls, and they changed earlier in the group with preserved ejection fraction. Torsion deformation parameters, despite being the last variable parameter, are still quite sensitive in detecting left ventricular dysfunction.

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