Abstract Background Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRD) is a major source of morbidity and mortality in long-term cancer survivors. Decreased GLS predicts decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) patients receiving anthracyclines, but knowledge regarding the clinical utility baseline at low-risk limited. Objectives The purpose this study was to investigate whether echoc...

UNLABELLED In aortic stenosis (AS), left ventricular (LV) adaptation to exercise has poorly been examined. Changes in LV ejection fraction may lack accuracy in identifying the presence of intrinsic myocardial impairment. AIMS We sought to determine the impact of aortic stenosis (AS) on left ventricular (LV) longitudinal function at exercise in a series of asymptomatic patients with AS and pre...

AIMS Longitudinal wall motion of the right ventricle (RV) has been thoroughly studied in patients with RV dysfunction. However, circumferential strain of the RV free wall has yet to be investigated. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the utility of RV free wall circumferential strain. METHODS AND RESULTS Strain profile curves were obtained using speckle tracking echocardiography fr...

Objective: The aim of this study was to use two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography to evaluate the effect of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on the left ventricular systolic function of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who had been revascularized by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Material and Methods: Forty-two patients with AMI and successful revascularization ...