Right ventricular dyssynchrony and its improvements after pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. 1335 - 1341
• Main Authors: Kanar, Batur, Ozben, Beste, Yıldırım, Elif, Ozmen, İpek, Aydin, Rüya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2018
• Subjects: dyssynchrony; echocardiography; Echocardiography - methods; Female; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - rehabilitation; pulmonary rehabilitation; right ventricle; strain; Turkey; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - complications; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right - diagnostic imaging; Turkey; strain; pulmonary rehabilitation; dyssynchrony; right ventricle; echocardiography

Purpose Whether pathologic alterations of right ventricle (RV) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affect intra‐ and interventricular dyssynchrony due to changes in mechanical activation of the septum and RV is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine mechanical activation and its...