Does strain echocardiography predict ventricular arrhythmias and fibrosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Strain echocardiography, particularly mechanical dispersion, may improve risk stratification for ventricular arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
GLS, mechanical dispersion, and LGE were markers of VAs in HCM patients. Mechanical dispersion was a strong independent predictor of VAs and related to the extent of fibrosis. Strain echocardiography may improve risk stratification of VAs in HCM.
Håland et al. (2016) studied this question.