Echocardiographic Alterations of Cardiac Geometry and Function in Patients with Familial Partial Lipodystrophy.

Background: Cardiomyopathy associated with partial lipodystrophy (PL) has not been well described yet.

Objective: To characterize cardiac morphology and function in PL.

Methods: Patients with familial PL and controls were prospectively assessed by transthoracic echocardiography and with speckle-tracking echocardiography (global longitudinal strain, GLS).