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Comparative Study
. 2018 Oct 2;16(1):23.
doi: 10.1186/s12947-018-0142-y.

Assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic abnormalities in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography and two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging

Xin Huang  1 , Yan Yue  2 , Yinmeng Wang  3 , Yujiao Deng  4 , Lu Liu  1 , Yanqi Di  1 , Shasha Sun  1 , Deyou Chen  5 , Li Fan  1 , Jian Cao  6
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Comparative Study

Assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic abnormalities in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography and two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging

Xin Huang et al. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. .

Abstract

Background: Conventional echocardiography is not sensitive enough to assess left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients. This research attempts to find a new ultrasonic technology to better assess LV diastolic function, systolic function, and myocardial longitudinal and circumferential systolic strain of segments with different thicknesses in HCM patients.

Methods: This study included 50 patients with HCM and 40 healthy subjects as controls. The peak early and late mitral annulus diastolic velocities at six loci (Ea' and Aa', respectively) and the Ea'/Aa' ratio were measured using real-time tri-plane echocardiography and quantitative tissue velocity imaging (RT-3PE-QTVI). The mean value of Ea' at six loci (Em') was obtained for the calculation of E/Em' ratio. The LV end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), LV end-systolic volume (LVESV), LV stroke volume (LVSV), and LV ejection fraction (LVEF) were measured using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE). LV myocardial longitudinal peak systolic strain (LPSS) and circumferential peak systolic strain (CPSS) in the apical-middle-basal segments (LPSS-api, LPSS-mid, LPSS-bas; CPSS-api, CPSS-mid, and CPSS-bas, respectively) were obtained using a software for two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI). According to the different segmental thicknesses (STs) in each HCM patient, the values (LPSS and CPSS) of all the myocardial segments were categorized into three groups and the respective averages were computed.

Results: The Ea', Aa', and, Ea'/Aa' ratio in HCM patients were lower than those in the controls (all p < 0.001), while the E/Em' ratio in HCM patients was higher than that in the controls (p < 0.001). The LVEDV, LVSV, and LVEF were significantly lower in HCM patients than in controls (all p < 0.001). In HCM patients, the LPSS-api, LPSS-mid, LPSS-bas, CPSS-api, CPSS-mid, and CPSS-bas and the LPSS and CPSS of LV segments with different thicknesses were all significantly reduced (all p < 0.001).

Conclusions: In HCM patients, myocardial dysfunction was widespread not only in the obviously hypertrophic segments but also in the non-hypertrophic segments; the LV systolic and diastolic functions were damaged, even with a normal LVEF. LV diastolic dysfunction, systolic dysfunction, and myocardial deformation impairment in HCM patients can be sensitively revealed by RT-3PE-QTVI, RT-3DE, and 2D-STI.

Keywords: Diastolic functions; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular; Real-time three-dimensional; Real-time tri-plane echocardiography and quantitative tissue velocity imaging; Systolic functions; Two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging.

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Ethics approval and consent to participate

This study has been approved by the Chinese PLA General Hospital Medical Ethics Committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.

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All the authors contributed substantially to the project and agreed for sending the manuscript to Cardiovascular Ultrasound. There is no competing interest and the data are available.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.

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Figures

Fig 1.
Fig 1.
The peak early and late mitral annulus diastolic velocities (Ea’ and Aa’, respectively) at apical four-chamber view were measured using real-time tri-plane echocardiography and quantitative tissue velocity imaging. Ea’ and Aa’ are significantly lower in HCM patients than in control group
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Left ventricular (LV) global shell maps by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography full volume image are shown. Left ventricle is seen as a “wedge-shape” in HCM patients. LV end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), end-systolic volume (LVESV), ejection fraction (LVEF) were significantly lower in HCM patients than in control group
Fig 3.
Fig 3.
Two-dimensional speckle tracking images in left ventricular apical long-axis view are shown. Left ventricular longitudinal peak systolic strain in HCM patients is significantly lower than in control group
Fig 4.
Fig 4.
Two-dimensional speckle tracking images in left ventricular short-axis view at the apical level are shown. Left ventricular circumferential peak systolic strain is significantly lower in HCM patients than in control group
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