Miokardo mechanikos pokyčių vertinimas ūminio miokardo infarkto metu echokardiografiniu taškelių žymėjimo metodu

Aim: This study aims to assess global longitudinal peak systolic strain and duration of early systolic lengthening by speckle tracking echocardiography in patients after MI and evaluate if there is a correlation between global longitudinal peak systolic strain and/or duration of early systolic lengthening and left ventricle remodeling. Conclusions: 1. Patients with left ventricle remodeling had higher C-reactive protein levels than patients without left ventricle remodeling. 2. Patients with left ventricle remodeling had decreased global longitudinal peak systolic strain and duration of early systolic lengthening suggesting that patients with following left ventricle remodeling have impaired left ventricle mechanic parameters just after the myocardial infarction while conventional echo parameters do not differ initially. 3. Novel parameters as global longitudinal peak systolic strain and duration of early systolic lengthening are sensitive parameters of left ventricle remodeling prediction