Author(s): Mehran Radfar , MohammadMoein Ashrafi , Mehrdad Sheikhvatan , Afsaneh Sadeghian , Hakimeh Sadeghian
The
present
study
was
conducted
to
determine
the
predictive
role
of
the
segmental
longitudinal
strain
in
predicting
significant
proximal
left
anterior
descending
stenosis
in
patients
with
coronary
heart
disease
regarding
specific
cardiac
segments.
Materials an Methods:
This
cross-sectional
study
was
conducted
on
90
consecutive patients
who
were
cand
i
dates
for
coronary
angiography
and
assessed
using
speckletracking echocardiog
r
aphy.
All
patients
underwent
echocardiography
prior
to coronary
angiography
and
only
patients
with
normal
left
ventricular
ejection
fraction were
finally
included.
Besides,
conventional
echocardiography,
all
patients
were subjected
to
speckle-tracking
echocardiography
determination,
and
the
images
were assessed
in
standard
3C,
2C,
4C
views