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The value of CMR Left ventricular strain analysis in evaluating ICM

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The purpose of this article is to investigate the value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) derived left ventricular strain parameters in evaluation of ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). Thirty-one ICM patients and nineteen non-cardiomyopathy (non-CM) patients who performed CMR examinations during the same period were selected for this retrospective study. The basic clinical data, CMR left ventricular function parameters, left ventricular strain parameters were compared among the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) preserved ICM group, the LVEF impaired ICM group and the non-CM group. The differences of MyoGCS (-21.9 ± 1.9 vs. -18.9 ± 2.7 P<0.001), MyoGLS (-20.8 ± 2.3 vs. -17.0 ± 2.9 P<0.001) and EndoGLS (-22.2 ± 3.1 vs. -17.6 ± 3.7 P<0.001) between LVEF preserved ICM group and non-CM group were statistically significant, while the differences of left heart function parameters between the two groups were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). The left ventricular strain analysis can be used to assess cardiac functional and morphological alterations in ICM patients prior to changes of left ventricular function parameters, which has high clinical significance.

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  1. Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

    Houning Zhang, Jiaxi Sheng & Liqing Kang

  2. Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan, China

    Houning Zhang

  3. Department of Endocrinology, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan, China

    Jiaxi Sheng

  4. Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, China

    Guoce Li, Fenghai Liu, Hao Bian, Xiqing Niu & Liqing Kang

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Houning Zhang, Jiaxi Sheng, Guoce Li, Fenghai Liu, Hao Bian and Xiqing Niu. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Houning Zhang and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. The manuscript was reviewed by Liqing Kang. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhang, H., Sheng, J., Li, G. et al. The value of CMR Left ventricular strain analysis in evaluating ICM. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 39, 651–657 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-022-02761-2

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