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Early right ventricular dysfunction in patients with non-advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has not been fully elucidated. Thus, we aimed to assess right ventricular functions in IPF patients and controls by speckle-tracking strain echocardiography at rest and peak exercise.We screened 116 IPF patients from February to August 2019 to include 20 patients with no history of oxygen therapy, peripheral saturation levels ≥92% at rest, Gender-Age-Physiology Index score ≤5, and modified Medical Research Council score ≤3. Additionally, we enrolled 10 matched controls. Transthoracic echocardiography images were acquired at rest and during a cardiopulmonary exercise test. We analyzed 2-dimensional echocardiographic parameters and right ventricular function using the global longitudinal strain assessed by the 2-dimensional speckle-tracking technique.In the control group, we found normal values of right ventricle longitudinal strain (RVLS) at rest and at peak exercise, the latter being much more negative (-23.6 ± 2.2% and -26.8 ± 3.1%, respectively; P < .001). By contrast, RVLS values in the IPF group increased from -21.1 ± 3.8% at rest to -17.0 ± 4.5% at peak exercise (P < .001). The exercise revealed a difference between the 2 groups as the mean RVLS values moved during peak exercise in opposite directions. Patients with IPF got worse, whereas control patients presented improved right ventricular contractility.Right ventricular dysfunction was unveiled by speckle-tracking echocardiography during exercise in non-advanced IPF patients. We suggest that this reflects an inadequate right ventricular-arterial coupling decreasing the right ventricular longitudinal contraction during exercise in these patients. This parameter may be useful as an early index of suspected pulmonary hypertension.
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