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SUBMITTER: Menting ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4853451 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Menting Myrthe E ME van Grootel Roderick W J RW van den Bosch Annemien E AE Eindhoven Jannet A JA McGhie Jackie S JS Cuypers Judith A A E JA Witsenburg Maarten M Helbing Willem A WA Roos-Hesselink Jolien W JW
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 20160116 5
Despite successful aortic coarctation (CoA) repair, systemic hypertension often recurs which may influence left ventricular (LV) function. We aimed to detect early LV dysfunction using LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) in adults with repaired CoA, and to identify associations with patient and echocardiographic characteristics. In this cross-sectional study, patients with repaired CoA and healthy controls were recruited prospectively. All subjects underwent echocardiography, ECG and blood sampl ...[more]