TY - JOUR
T1 - Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal left ventricular layer-specific strain
T2 - results from the EACVI NORRE study
AU - Tsugu, Toshimitsu
AU - Postolache, Adriana
AU - Dulgheru, Raluca
AU - Sugimoto, Tadafumi
AU - Tridetti, Julien
AU - Nguyen Trung, Mai-Linh
AU - Piette, Caroline
AU - Moonen, Marie
AU - Manganaro, Roberta
AU - Ilardi, Federica
AU - Chitroceanu, Alexandra Maria
AU - Sperlongano, Simona
AU - Go, Yun Yun
AU - Kacharava, George
AU - Athanassopoulos, George D
AU - Barone, Daniele
AU - Baroni, Monica
AU - Cardim, Nuno
AU - Hagendorff, Andreas
AU - Hristova, Krasimira
AU - Lopez, Teresa
AU - de la Morena, Gonzalo
AU - Popescu, Bogdan A
AU - Penicka, Martin
AU - Ozyigit, Tolga
AU - Rodrigo Carbonero, Jose David
AU - van de Veire, Nico
AU - Von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan
AU - Vinereanu, Dragos
AU - Zamorano, Jose Luis
AU - Rosca, Monica
AU - Calin, Andreea
AU - Magne, Julien
AU - Cosyns, Bernard
AU - Galli, Elena
AU - Donal, Erwan
AU - Santoro, Ciro
AU - Galderisi, Maurizio
AU - Badano, Luigi P
AU - Lang, Roberto M
AU - Lancellotti, Patrizio
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PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - AIMS : To obtain the normal range for 2D echocardiographic (2DE) measurements of left ventricular (LV) layer-specific strain from a large group of healthy volunteers of both genders over a wide range of ages.METHODS AND RESULTS : A total of 287 (109 men, mean age: 46 ± 14 years) healthy subjects were enrolled at 22 collaborating institutions of the EACVI Normal Reference Ranges for Echocardiography (NORRE) study. Layer-specific strain was analysed from the apical two-, three-, and four-chamber views using 2DE software. The lowest values of layer-specific strain calculated as ±1.96 standard deviations from the mean were -15.0% in men and -15.6% in women for epicardial strain, -16.8% and -17.7% for mid-myocardial strain, and -18.7% and -19.9% for endocardial strain, respectively. Basal-epicardial and mid-myocardial strain decreased with age in women (epicardial; P = 0.008, mid-myocardial; P = 0.003) and correlated with age (epicardial; r = -0.20, P = 0.007, mid-myocardial; r = -0.21, P = 0.006, endocardial; r = -0.23, P = 0.002), whereas apical-epicardial, mid-myocardial strain increased with the age in women (epicardial; P = 0.006, mid-myocardial; P = 0.03) and correlated with age (epicardial; r = 0.16, P = 0.04). End/Epi ratio at the apex was higher than at the middle and basal levels of LV in men (apex; 1.6 ± 0.2, middle; 1.2 ± 0.1, base 1.1 ± 0.1) and women (apex; 1.6 ± 0.1, middle; 1.1 ± 0.1, base 1.2 ± 0.1).CONCLUSION : The NORRE study provides useful 2DE reference ranges for novel indices of layer-specific strain.
AB - AIMS : To obtain the normal range for 2D echocardiographic (2DE) measurements of left ventricular (LV) layer-specific strain from a large group of healthy volunteers of both genders over a wide range of ages.METHODS AND RESULTS : A total of 287 (109 men, mean age: 46 ± 14 years) healthy subjects were enrolled at 22 collaborating institutions of the EACVI Normal Reference Ranges for Echocardiography (NORRE) study. Layer-specific strain was analysed from the apical two-, three-, and four-chamber views using 2DE software. The lowest values of layer-specific strain calculated as ±1.96 standard deviations from the mean were -15.0% in men and -15.6% in women for epicardial strain, -16.8% and -17.7% for mid-myocardial strain, and -18.7% and -19.9% for endocardial strain, respectively. Basal-epicardial and mid-myocardial strain decreased with age in women (epicardial; P = 0.008, mid-myocardial; P = 0.003) and correlated with age (epicardial; r = -0.20, P = 0.007, mid-myocardial; r = -0.21, P = 0.006, endocardial; r = -0.23, P = 0.002), whereas apical-epicardial, mid-myocardial strain increased with the age in women (epicardial; P = 0.006, mid-myocardial; P = 0.03) and correlated with age (epicardial; r = 0.16, P = 0.04). End/Epi ratio at the apex was higher than at the middle and basal levels of LV in men (apex; 1.6 ± 0.2, middle; 1.2 ± 0.1, base 1.1 ± 0.1) and women (apex; 1.6 ± 0.1, middle; 1.1 ± 0.1, base 1.2 ± 0.1).CONCLUSION : The NORRE study provides useful 2DE reference ranges for novel indices of layer-specific strain.
KW - 2D echocardiography
KW - adult echocardiography
KW - deformation imaging
KW - reference values.
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U2 - 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa050
DO - 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa050
M3 - Article
C2 - 32259844
SN - 2047-2404
VL - 21
SP - 896
EP - 905
JO - European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
JF - European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 8
ER -