Ventricular strain patterns in multivalvular heart disease: a cross-sectional study

K. Prathiksha Prabhu, Krishnananda Nayak*, Vidya Nayak, Sridevi Prabhu, V. Rekha, A. J. Ashwal, M. Sudhakar Rao

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Abstract

Multivalvular heart disease (MVD) is an aggregate of regurgitant and/or stenotic lesions of at least two cardiac valves. Ventricular tissue deformation imaging is a powerful predictor of subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with MVD.The aim of this study was to examine the left and right ventricular strain patterns in MVD as well as observe any association between right–sided valvular involvement (tricuspid or pulmonary valve lesion) with that of aortic and/or mitral valve lesion. Patients with at least moderate forms of MVD were included in the present study. 72 patients with mean age of 56.69 ± 14.59 years and various presentations of MVD were finally enrolled in this study. The commonest cause for MVD was rheumatic heart disease in these patients. Conventional 2-dimensional parameters as well as tissue deformation imaging parameters were assessed in offline mode for these patients. The Mean ± SD values for various quantitative 2D echocardiographic conventional and tissue deformation imaging were assessed. It was observed that LV strain parameters including the global longitudinal strain (GLS) were preserved whereas the RV strain parameters were mildly reduced (RV GLS total is − 19.49 ± 6.08%). Also, when conventional echocardiographic parameters were assessed to see any association between aortic and/or mitral valve disease with that of right-sided valvular lesions (tricuspid or pulmonary); 2D conventional echocardiographic parameters like left atrial dimension (p = 0.034), TAPSE (tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion) (p < 0.001), RVSP (right ventricular systolic pressure) (p < 0.001) and IVC (inferior vena cava) dimensions (p < 0.001) showed a statistically significant result; whereas, when strain parameters for LV and RV were assessed, they did not show any statistical difference for the same. In this series of patients with significant MVD, our findings suggest that ventricular strain parameters may be reliable markers of myocardial dysfunction, but may alter depending on the underlying combination of MVD, and right ventricular strain should also be an important parameter while assessing different combinations of MVD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)331-338
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume39
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 02-2023

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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