Right Atrial and Right Ventricular Function Assessed by Speckle Tracking in Patients with Inferior Myocardial Infarction.

Background: In patients with inferior myocardial infarction (MI), involvement of the right chambers has a prognostic impact. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of left ventricular (LV) inferior wall MI in the right atrial (RA), and right ventricular (RV) longitudinal strain (LS) by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography (STE).

Methods: 60 consecutive patients who underwent myocardial perfusion (MP) gated SPECT for chest pain were included.

Left ventricular and atrial global strain evaluation within subtypes of ventricular remodeling.

Background: Left ventricular hypertrophy is associated with poor prognosis and adverse events. Left ventricular and left atrial global strain and left atrial reservoir strain (LV-GS; LA-GS; LA-RS) could be used as markers for myocardial function in different ventricular remodeling forms. This study aimed to evaluate LV-GS and LA-GS scores in different ventricular remodeling variants and identify risk factors for myocardial dysfunction.