July 10, 2026 · BMC women's health · DOI: 10.1186/s12905-026-04672-z

Early subclinical left ventricular dysfunction after surgical menopause: a prospective speckle-tracking echocardiography study

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This study aimed to investigate the early effects of surgical menopause on left ventricular systolic function, specifically through changes in global longitudinal strain (LV GLS), compared to natural menopause. The findings revealed that women undergoing surgical menopause experienced a significant early decline in LV GLS at one month post-surgery, despite similar left ventricular ejection fractions between the groups. However, this difference diminished by six months, suggesting that while LV GLS may be a useful early marker for cardiovascular changes in surgical menopause, its long-term implications need further exploration.

Doğukan Yazıcı, Yunus Emre Özbebek, Ülkü Gürbüz Özbebek, Batıkan Yazıcı, Tuğba Kolomuç Gayretli, Hüseyin Levent Keskin, Hatice Tolunay

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