Left ventricular twist in a normal African adult population

Left ventricular twist in a normal African adult population.

AIMS Speckle tracking has emerged as a quantitative technique for assessing left ventricular (LV) function. However, no normative data for LV twist using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) are available in the black population. This study assessed myocardial mechanics by determining LV twist parameters in different age groups using STE, and evaluated the effect of ageing on LV twist in thi...

Left Ventricular Twist in Cardiomyopathy

clinical application of left ventricular twist: a twist in the right direction?

Left ventricular twist abnormalities in patients with left ventricular non-compaction. A cardiovascular magnetic resonance study

Background Current morphologic left ventricular (LV) non-compaction (LVNC) criteria seem to be still insufficient. The prevalence of borderline degree of LV hypertrabeculation is far more frequent than initially expected. LV twist and strain values are proposed as potential new functional parameters supplementing the classic morphologic LVNC criteria. The aim of this study was to assess diagnos...

Doppler assessment of right ventricular filling in a normal population. Comparison with left ventricular filling dynamics.

To examine whether alterations in right ventricular filling dynamics occur with increasing age and to compare right and left ventricular filling in normal subjects, pulsed Doppler echocardiographic studies were performed at the tricuspid and mitral anuli in 50 normal volunteers (23 males and 27 females) with an age range of 5-66 years. An age-related decrease in peak early filling velocity, inc...