Issam A Mikati
Northwestern University, USA
Title: The use of strain imaging in detection and management of patients with early cardiomyopathy
Biography
Biography: Issam A Mikati
Abstract
Cardiomyopathy confers a poor prognosis. Early recognition and intervention is very important to improve outcome. Classic method of assessment of LV systolic dysfunction such as Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) suffer from wide variance that limits their utility in detection of minor changes in systolic function on serial testing. In addition, the changes in LVEF appear late after significant myocardial damage has occurred. This has been shown to affect prognosis of patients. Strain has been shown to be an accurate sensitive marker of LV function with less variance than traditional methods of LV systolic function. It has been shown to drop early in the natural history of many systemic diseases that affect the heart such as diabetic cardiomyopathy. Strain shows great promise in management of cardiomyopathies because of its efficacy in early detection and potentially effects of treatment.