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This study aimed to investigate the impact of BPD on segmental myocardial wall motion using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) analysis. Methods: A total of 100 women aged between 18 and 38 years were included in this study. Fifty patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for BPD were recruited from the Department of Psychiatry (LWL-University Hospital Bochum) and compared with fifty age-matched healthy control subjects without previous cardiac disease. Laboratory tests and STE were performed with segmental wall motion analysis. Results: The BPD group had a higher prevalence of risk factors for CVD, with smoking and obesity being predominant, when compared with the control group. Other cardiovascular parameters such as blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol levels were also elevated, even though not to pathological values. Moreover, in the STE analysis, the BPD group consistently exhibited decreased deformation in nine myocardial wall regions compared with the control group, along with a shift toward higher values in the distribution of peak pathological segments. Additionally, significantly higher values of free thyroxine concentration and thyroid\u2019s secretory capacity were observed in the BPD group, despite falling within the (high-) normal range. Conclusions: BPD is associated with chronic stress, classical risk factors, and myocardial wall motion abnormalities. Further exploration is warranted to investigate the relationship between high-normal thyroid metabolism, these risk factors, and myocardial function in BPD patients. Long-term follow-up studies would be valuable in confirming the potential for predicting adverse events.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12216702","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,24]],"date-time":"2023-10-24T11:39:04Z","timestamp":1698147544000},"page":"6702","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Stress-Mediated Abnormalities in Regional Myocardial Wall Motion in Young Women with a History of Psychological Trauma"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8134-6905","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Assem","family":"Aweimer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Bergmannsheil Bochum, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, 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