Assessment of left and right ventricular rotational interdependence: A speckle tracking echocardiographic study

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 415 - 421
• Main Authors: Alizadehasl, Azin, Sadeghpour, Anita, Hali, Reza, Bakhshandeh Abkenar, Hooman, Badano, Luigi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Adult; apical rotation; basal rotation; Cross-Sectional Studies; Echocardiography; Female; Heart Diseases - complications; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - physiopathology; Humans; left ventricular torsion; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; right ventricular torsion; Rotation; speckle tracking; Torsion Abnormality - complications; Torsion Abnormality - diagnostic imaging; Torsion Abnormality - physiopathology; ventricular interdependence; speckle tracking; right ventricular torsion; basal rotation; left ventricular torsion; apical rotation; ventricular interdependence

Objective We sought to investigate the possible interdependence of the left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) rotational mechanics. Background Although myocardial fiber architecture and the effect of various pathologic conditions on LV torsional mechanics have already been investigated through multipl...