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

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Is Speckle Tracking Imaging Ready for Prime Time in Current Echo Clinical Practice?

Sushil Allen Luis1, Patricia A Pellikka1

  • 1Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
|November 9, 2018
PubMed

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Speckle tracking echocardiography offers a sensitive method for assessing ventricular systolic function, improving cardiovascular disease management beyond traditional echocardiographic measures.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Medical Imaging

Background:

  • Accurate assessment of left and right ventricular systolic function is crucial for managing cardiovascular disease.
  • Traditional echocardiographic parameters like ejection fraction may not detect early systolic dysfunction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the clinical applications of speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in cardiovascular disease evaluation.
  • To discuss the implementation of STE in clinical echocardiography laboratories.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on speckle tracking echocardiography.
  • Discussion of STE's role in assessing left and right ventricular systolic function.

Main Results:

  • Speckle tracking echocardiography provides incremental prognostic value over traditional echocardiographic parameters.
  • STE enhances the detection of subclinical ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Conclusions:

  • Speckle tracking echocardiography is a valuable tool for evaluating cardiovascular disease.
  • STE improves the assessment of ventricular systolic function in clinical practice.

Keywords:
Left ventricular systolic functionRight ventricular systolic functionSpeckle tracking echocardiographyStrain echocardiography

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