author keywords: global longitudinal strain; heart; sickle cell anemia; speckle tracking; strain

MeSH headings : Adult; Anemia, Sickle Cell / pathology; Cardiomyopathies / pathology; Child; Echocardiography; Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles / pathology; Humans; Infant; Middle Aged; Stroke Volume / physiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / pathology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / pathology

TL;DR: The evaluated studies demonstrate that RV and LV myocardial strain are generally abnormal in individuals with SCD compared with controls, despite having normal ejection/shortening fraction. (via Semantic Scholar)