[Echocardiography with reconstructed M-mode: technical aspects and clinical applications]

Reconstructed M-mode imaging is a new post-processing technique that permits the reconstruction of any cardiac structure and flow from cine-loops of different sources (tissue, color Doppler and tissue Doppler cine-loops) in M-mode format. This technique can be useful in a number of clinical situations and can facilitate the echocardiographic examination, allowing for correct and easy M-mode analysis to be performed at any time, both at the patient's bedside as well as off-line. In this paper the fundamental technical features and current clinical applications of reconstructed M-mode imaging are illustrated and discussed.