European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging • Vol 23 • No Supplement_1
Myocardial work indices and ventricular dyssynchrony in adults with aortic coarctation
February 2022 • Flavia Fusco, Giancarlo Scognamiglio, Assunta Merola, A S Roma, Carmen Del Giudice, Mauro Abbate, Michela Palma, Anna Correra, Nunzia Borrelli, Rosar…
Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Adults with coarctation of the aorta (CoA) may present residual aortic obstruction and develop arterial vasculopathy and subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Myocardial work (MW) is a novel non-invasive index of myocardial efficiency calculated from echocardiographic LV pressure-strain loops, which yields incremental information over ejection fraction and global longitudinal strain. (GLS) Purpose Aim of the present study is to an…