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Curr Trend Cardiol. 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 3
September 18-19, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
Annual Conference on
HEART DISEASES
Aim:
Preeclampsia (PE) remains a main cause of maternal
morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. Vascular
spasm and ischemic damage play the primary role in the
presentation of PE. The aim of this study was to assess the
longitudinal strain (LS) in each of the three myocardial layers
in patients with PE using the layer-specific strain.
Methods:
Forty-five PE women and 41 normotensive
pregnant women were included. Layer-specific LS were
assessed in endocardium, mid-myocardium, and epicardium
by 2-dimensional (2D) speckle-tracking echocardiography
(STE).
Results:
Compared to the control subjects, the LS of all the
three analyzedmyocardial layers showed a significant decline
in PE patients and the greatest decrease of LS occurred in
the endocardium. Considering a layer-specific analysis of
myocardial deformation, there is a continuous reduced
tendency from endocardia to mid-myocardial and epicardial
layers in PE cases.
Conclusions:
All three myocardial layers were impaired in
PE cases and the most prominent decrease in myocardial
function occurred in the endocardial layer. Layer-specific
analysis of myocardial function performed by novel 2D
STE might increase diagnostic accuracy of myocardial
performance in PE patients.
e:
congjuan0725@163.comQuantitative evaluation of longitudinal strain in layer-specific myocardium in patients with
preeclampsia
Juan Cong, Yong Lee, Xiuxiu Fu, Zhibin Wang, Wugang Wang
and
Junfang Lee
Qingdao University, China