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European Journal of Echocardiography 2006 7(6):473-475; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2005.09.006
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Copyright © 2005, The European Society of Cardiology

Significant improvement of myocardial function following cardiac support device implantation: Illustration by two-dimensional strain

Karim Serri*, Louis Labrousse, Patricia Reant, Stephane Lafitte and Raymond Roudaut

Cardiologic Hospital, Pessac, Bordeaux 2 University, France

Received 8 July 2005; received in revised form 22 September 2005; accepted after revision 30 September 2005.

* Corresponding author. Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Service Pr Roudaut, Avenue de Magellan, 33604 Pessac, France. Tel.: +33 5576 56565/56485; fax: +33 5576 56012. karimserri{at}hotmail.com


  Abstract

Cardiac support devices (CSD) offer a new therapeutic alternative to patients with end-stage refractory heart failure and severe left ventricle (LV) dilatation. Passive mechanical constraint has been shown to reduce LV dilatation as well as to improve LV function and patient symptoms. Using a new echocardiographic technique to evaluate myocardial strain from bidimensional acquisitions, we describe the case of a patient with significant improvement in global and regional LV functions, as well as LV dyssynchrony following CSD implantation.

Keywords: Echocardiography; Myocardial strain; Heart failure


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