Relationship of left ventricular global longitudinal strain by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography with clinical, echocardiographic characteristics in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement over six-month follow-up

  • Trần Thị Ngọc Lan Bệnh viện Tim Hà Nội
  • Trần Văn Riệp Bệnh viện Tim Hà Nội
  • Nguyễn Đức Hải Bệnh viện Trung ương Quân đội 108

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Aortic valve, aortic valve replacement, global longitudinal strain, speckle tracking echocardiography.

Abstract

Objective: To determine relationship of left ventricular global longitudinal strain by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography with clinical, echocardiographic characteristics in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement over six-month follow-up. Subject and method: 96 patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and 74 patients with severe aortic regurgitation (AR) undergoing aortic valve replacement (mean age: 60.9 ± 10.6 years; 59.4% were male). Study variables included NYHA, ejection fraction (EF), left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) on speckle tracking echocardiography (STE-2D). Result: (1) Patients with impaired GLS had a higher NYHA classification; p<0.001; (2) GLS cut-off values of -15.65% in the AS and a cut-off value of -14 % in the AR were able to predict the normalization NYHA classification after 6 months of aortic valve replacement; (3) There was a correlation between GLS and EF in both groups of patients: AS group (R = 0.776; p<0.001), AR group (R = 0.883; p<0.001). Conclusion: (1) Impaired GLS is associated with higher NYHA classification; (2) GLS has an incremental prognostic value over EF for the identification of the NYHA classification six months after aortic valve replacement in both AS and AR; (3) GLS was significantly correlated with EF in both groups of AS and AR.

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