TY - JOUR
T1 - Is Speckle Tracking Imaging Ready for Prime Time in Current Echo Clinical Practice?
AU - Luis, S. Allen
AU - Pellikka, Patricia
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Accurate assessment of left and right ventricular systolic function plays a fundamental role in the prognostication and management of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease. Traditional echocardiographic parameters, including left ventricular ejection fraction, may lack the sensitivity to detect subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction. The advent of speckle tracking echocardiography for left and right ventricular systolic function assessment provides a further tool in this evaluation. Speckle tracking echocardiography has been demonstrated to provide incremental prognostic value beyond traditional echocardiographic parameters. This review discusses the clinical application of speckle tracking echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiovascular disease and its implementation within the clinical echocardiography laboratory.
AB - Accurate assessment of left and right ventricular systolic function plays a fundamental role in the prognostication and management of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease. Traditional echocardiographic parameters, including left ventricular ejection fraction, may lack the sensitivity to detect subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction. The advent of speckle tracking echocardiography for left and right ventricular systolic function assessment provides a further tool in this evaluation. Speckle tracking echocardiography has been demonstrated to provide incremental prognostic value beyond traditional echocardiographic parameters. This review discusses the clinical application of speckle tracking echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiovascular disease and its implementation within the clinical echocardiography laboratory.
KW - Left ventricular systolic function
KW - Right ventricular systolic function
KW - Speckle tracking echocardiography
KW - Strain echocardiography
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pcad.2018.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.pcad.2018.11.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 30408468
AN - SCOPUS:85056307222
JO - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
JF - Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
SN - 0033-0620
ER -