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Reduced Myocardial Reserve in Young X-Linked Muscular Dystrophy Mice Diagnosed by Two-Dimensional Strain Analysis Combined with Stress Echocardiography
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Reduced Myocardial Reserve in Young X-Linked Muscular Dystrophy Mice Diagnosed by Two-Dimensional Strain Analysis Combined with Stress Echocardiography

Zhenzhou Li, Ying Li, Li Zhang, Xiaoying Zhang, Rebecca Sullivan, Xiaojie Ai, Christopher Szeto, Angela Cai, Longjian Liu, Weidong Xiao, …
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, v 30(8), pp 815-827
Aug 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2017.03.009
PMID: 28511858
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Abstract

Duchenne muscular dystrophy cardiomyopathy mdx mouse Myocardial reserve Strain Stress echocardiography
Early, sensitive, and reproducible evaluation of left ventricular function is imperative for the diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction in patients with Duchene muscular dystrophy. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that combining two-dimensional strain analysis with catecholamine stress could be a sensitive method for detecting early cardiac dysfunction. Mdx (C57BL/10ScSn-Dmdmdx/J, a mouse model of DMD) and control (C57BL/10ScSn) mice were studied with conventional M-mode and high-frequency ultrasound-based two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography using long- and short-axis images of the left ventricle at baseline and after intraperitoneal isoprenaline (ISO) administration (2 μg/g body weight). Conventional M-mode analysis showed no differences in left ventricular fractional shortening, wall thickness, or internal diameter at diastole between mdx and control mice before the age of 6 months. ISO increased left ventricular ejection fraction and fractional shortening to the same extent in mdx and control mice at young ages (3, 4, and 5 months). No differences in basal peak systolic strain (PSS) but increased SDs of times to PSS between young mdx and control mice were found. After ISO, PSS and percentile changes of PSS were significantly diminished in mdx mice compared with control mice at young ages. ISO increased the normalized maximum difference of times to PSS in young mdx mice but not in young control mice, suggesting that ISO reduces cardiac contractile synchrony in young mdx mice. This study suggests that catecholamine stress coupled with two-dimensional strain analysis is a feasible and sensitive approach for detecting early onset of cardiac dysfunction, which is instrumental for early diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction and early treatment. •Cardiac dysfunction becomes an important contributing factor to mortality and morbidity in patients with muscular dystrophy.•There is still a lack of reliable approaches to diagnose early cardiac dysfunction in patients with DMD.•The combination of 2D strain analysis with ISO stress showed reduced β-adrenergic reserve and increased contractile dyssynchrony in mdx mice at a very early stage.•Two-dimensional strain analysis with stress testing is a feasible and sensitive approach to diagnose early cardiac dysfunction and to evaluate treatments in patients with DMD.•The treatment of cardiac dysfunction should be started at a young age in patients with DMD.

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