Mohamad Jihad Mansour, Corrado De Marco, Kevin Haddad, Brian James Potter, Stefania Argentin, Lyne Bérubé, George Honos, Vy-Van Le, Sylvie Legault, Tuong-Phong Nguyen, Reda Salem, Patrizia Santagata, François Tournoux, Véronique Cyr, Giovanni Romanelli
Longitudinal right ventricular free wall strain (RVFWS) has been identified as an independent prognostic marker in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Little is known however about the prognostic value of RVFWS in patients with sickle cell (SC) disease, particularly during exercise. We therefore examined the prognostic significance of RVFWS both at rest and with exercise in patients with SC disease and normal resting systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP). Consecutive patients with SC disease referred for bicycle ergometer stress echocardiography (SE) were enrolled ftom July 2019 to January 2021...
April 30, 2024: International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging