Lord, RN, George, KP, Jones, H, Somauroo, J and Oxborough, D (2014) Reproducibility and feasibility of right ventricular strain and strain rate (SR) as determined by myocardial speckle tracking during high-intensity upright exercise: a comparison with tissue Doppler-derived strain and SR in healthy human hearts. Echo Research and Practice, 1 (1). pp. 31-41. ISSN 2055-0464

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Abstract

This study aimed to establish feasibility for myocardial speckle tracking (MST) and intra-observer reliability of both MST and tissue velocity imaging (TVI)-derived right ventricular (RV) strain (ϵ) and strain rate (SR) at rest and during upright incremental exercise. RV ϵ and SR were derived using both techniques in 19 healthy male participants. MST-derived ϵ and SR were feasible at rest (85% of segments tracked appropriately). Feasibility reduced significantly with progressive exercise intensity (3% of segments tracking appropriately at 90% maximum heart rate (HRmax)). Coefficient of variations (CoVs) of global ϵ values at rest was acceptable for both TVI and MST (7-12%), with low bias and narrow limits of agreement. Global SR data were less reliable for MST compared with TVI as demonstrated with CoV data (systolic SR=15 and 61%, early diastolic SR=16 and 17% and late diastolic SR=26 and 31% respectively). CoVs of global RV ϵ and SR obtained at 50% HRmax were acceptable using both techniques. As exercise intensity increased to 70 and 90% HRmax, reliability of ϵ and SR values reduced with larger variability in MST. We conclude that RV global and regional ϵ and SR data are feasible, comparable and reliable at rest and at 50% HRmax using both MST and TVI. Reliability was reduced during higher exercise intensities with only TVI acceptable for clinical and scientific use.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	exercise echocardiography; right ventricle; strain rate imaging; tissue Doppler and strain echocardiography
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
Divisions:	Sport & Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Bio Scientifica
Related URLs:	Author
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2018 10:45
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 12:17
DOI or ID number:	10.1530/ERP-14-0011
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4817

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