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Transthoracic Speckle Tracking Echocardiography for the Quantitative Assessment of Left Ventricular Myocardial Deformation
Published on: October 20, 2016
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.
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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