Abstract:Objective To analyze the value of right ventricular function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) complicated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by speckle tracking imaging. Methods Forty-three cases of patients with OSAHS treated in our hospital from August 2015 to October 2016 were selected as control group, and 40 cases of patients with OSAHS complicated with COPD were selected as observation group. They received conventional echocardiography and pulsed tissue Doppler imaging,and their strain rate parameters of different segments of free wall of right ventricle were tested with speckle tracking imaging. Results There were significant differences in partial results of conventional echocardiography and pulsed tissue Doppler imaging between the two groups (P < 0.05). There were significant differences in the parameters of myocardial strain rate in the middle segment of free wall, myocardial strain rate parameters of apical segment of free wall and myocardial strain rate parameters of basal segment of free wall under speckle tracking imaging between the two groups (P < 0.05). Conclusions Speckle tracking imaging is great in evaluation of right ventricular function,and the right heart damage in patients with OSAHS complicated with COPD is more severe than patients only with OSAHS.