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Serial speckle tracking and successful post-STEMI percutaneous coronary intervention: incremental value versus visual

Vincenzo Schiano Lomoriello1, Maurizio Galderisi, Antonio Rapacciuolo

  • 1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy.

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (Hagerstown, Md.)
|September 4, 2010
PubMed

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Speckle tracking echocardiography quantifies myocardial damage in acute coronary syndromes. This method detects subtle changes in heart muscle function not visible with standard wall motion analysis.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Medical Imaging
  • Echocardiography

Background:

  • Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) can cause myocardial damage.
  • Assessing this damage is crucial for patient management.
  • Current methods like semi-quantitative wall motion analysis have limitations.

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