Myocardial strain may predict exercise tolerance in patients with reduced and mid-range ejection fraction.

CONCLUSIONS: Stress echocardiography may provide important information regarding the exercise tolerance in obese hypertensive patients with reduced ejection fraction, mainly through the evaluation of left ventricular strain. The obtained evidence may also have prognostic value, particularly in the early stages of the syndrome. PMID: 29203160 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Hellenic J Cardiol Source Type: research