The impact of hypercortisolism beyond metabolic syndrome on left ventricular performance: a myocardial work analysis

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  Fig. 1. MyW analyses of exemplary study participants of the different entities included in our study. The upper part shows pressure-strain loops demonstrating the amount of work performed by the left ventricle. Please note that the blood pressure levels of all participants were similar, and there were only minimal differences regarding global LV strain (see Table 1). In the lower part, the blue area represents the constructive work of the LV, while the orange area indicates the wasted work (for respective definitions please refer to Methods). GCW, global constructive work; GWW, global wasted work; LV, left ventricular