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The Diagnostic Value of 2D- Speckle Tracking Echocardiography for Identifying Subclinical Ventricular Dysfunction in Subjects with Early Repolarization Pattern
  • Tuğçe Çöllüoğlu,
  • Orhan Onalan,
  • Fahri Çakan
Tuğçe Çöllüoğlu
Karabük University Educational and Research Hospital

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Orhan Onalan
Karabük University Educational and Research Hospital
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Fahri Çakan
Karabük University Educational and Research Hospital
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Abstract

Introduction: Early repolarization pattern (ERP) has been known a benign electrocardiographic variant for decades. However, it can exist a silent substrate for arrhytmic events in accordance with the previous studies which have shown that there has been evidence of morphological changes in left ventricle (LV) in subjects with ERP. Despite structural changes in ERP subjects, it has not exactly known that whether a change in functional parameters of LV occur in these population. The aim of our study was to investigate LV functional parameters in subjects with ERP by the use of 2D- speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE). Method: In this study, subjects with ERP (n= 50) and subjects without ERP (n= 50) were recruited between 01.04.2018 and 01.09.2018. For each case, 2D- STE evaluation was performed by the same cardiologist. Results: Mean LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) and GLS in all apical chamber views, longitudinal peak systolic strain rate (SRS) at A3C, early diastolic strain rate (SRE) at A3C and late diastolic strain rate (SRA) at A3C in the ERP subjects were significantly lower than those in the subjects without ERP. Furthermore, LV basal segment circumferential SRS and SRE were significantly lower in ERP subjects compared to subjects without ERP. Conclusion: Our study suggests that ERP can be more associated with impaired LV longitudinal function than LV circumferential function. In addition, both LV inferolateral region and LV basal segment can be more affected functionally in ERP subjects.
15 Feb 2021Submitted to Echocardiography
16 Feb 2021Submission Checks Completed
16 Feb 2021Assigned to Editor
17 Feb 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
16 Mar 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
17 Mar 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Major
16 Apr 20211st Revision Received
17 Apr 2021Submission Checks Completed
17 Apr 2021Assigned to Editor
17 Apr 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
01 May 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
02 May 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
07 May 20212nd Revision Received
08 May 2021Submission Checks Completed
08 May 2021Assigned to Editor
09 May 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
17 May 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
20 May 2021Editorial Decision: Accept