RV Myocardial Strain During Pre-Load Augmentation Is Associated With Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic HF

Conclusions
RV strain during pre-load augmentation correlated independently to peak VO2 and was a powerful predictor in identifying patients with severely reduced exercise capacity.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging - October 9, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Kusunose, K., Yamada, H., Nishio, S., Ishii, A., Hirata, Y., Seno, H., Saijo, Y., Ise, T., Yamaguchi, K., Yagi, S., Soeki, T., Wakatsuki, T., Sata, M. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research