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HCM entails a risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) of 0.9%\/year and is the most common cause of SCD in young adults. Recent studies suggested mechanical dispersion (MD) by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) as an additional arrhythmic risk marker. The aim of the study was to evaluate left ventricle global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) and MD, in patients with HCM or AFD cardiomyopathy, and the association with ventricular arrhythmias (V-AR).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We evaluated 40 patients with HCM, 57 with AFD (12 with LV hypertrophy and 45 without), and 40 healthy subjects, between January 2014 and June 2022. We performed a comprehensive echocardiographic study and analysed systolic and diastolic functions, LV-GLS, and MD. We also analysed V-AR, including ventricular fibrillation and sustained\/non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, by Holter electrocardiogram (Holter-EKG), in a subset of hypertrophic patients. Data were analysed by unpaired Student t-test or chi-square\/Fisher\u2019s exact test as appropriate and binary logistic regression (SPSS Statistics ver.26). LV-GLS was significantly lower in the V-AR group compared with patients without V-AR (median \u221210.2% vs. \u221214%, P = 0.038); MD was significantly higher in the V-AR group (85.5\u2005ms vs. 61.1\u2005ms, P = 0.004). V-AR were found significantly associated with MD (OR, 1.030; 95% CI, 1.003\u20131.058; P = 0.03).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>MD is a useful additional index in the evaluation of patients with HCM and may be a promising prognostic predictor of increased arrhythmic risk.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ehjopen\/oead014","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,7]],"date-time":"2023-03-07T22:50:59Z","timestamp":1678229459000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Speckle tracking echocardiography-derived parameters as new prognostic markers in hypertrophic cardiomyopathies"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"3","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6568-6176","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Denise Cristiana","family":"Faro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania , Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valentina","family":"Losi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania , Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Margherita Stefania","family":"Rodolico","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"C.N.R. 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