Speckle tracking echocardiographic assessment of patterns and distribution of ventricular strain impairment in young adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Background. The aim of the study was to assess biventricular parameters of wall deformation with three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (3DSTE) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) on antiretroviral therapy in order to detect a possible subclinical myocardial dysfunction. A second aim was to compare these changes with the 3DSTE findings in patients with idiopathic non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy and systo-diastolic dysfunction to better understand the magnitude and distribution pattern of ventricular strain impairment in HIV-infected patients