Diagnostic accuracy of left ventricular longitudinal function by speckle tracking echocardiography to predict significant coronary artery stenosis. A systematic review

BMC Medical Imaging

Jan Erik Otterstad³  Thor Edvardsen²  Vidar Ruddox¹  Ingvild Billehaug Norum¹ 

[1] University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway;Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Nydalen, Oslo, 0424, Norway;Department of Cardiology, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, 3103, Norway

关键词: Chest pain;    Left ventricular function;    Strain imaging;    Speckle tracking;    Coronary artery disease;   

Others  :  1220821
DOI  :  10.1186/s12880-015-0067-y

 received in 2014-07-15, accepted in 2015-07-08,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Patients evaluated for acute and chronic chest pain comprise a large, heterogeneous group that often provides diagnostic challenges. Although speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) has proved to have diagnostic value in acute coronary syndrome it is not commonly incorporated in everyday practice.

The purpose of the present systematic review was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of left ventricular (LV) longitudinal function by STE to predict significant coronary artery stenosis (CAD+) or not (CAD-) verified by coronary angiography in patients with chest pain suspected to be of cardiac ischemic origin.

Methods

4 electronic databases; Embase, Medline, Cochrane and PubMed ahead-of print were searched for per 19.05.14. Only full-sized articles including > 40 patients were selected.

Results

A total of 166 citations were identified, 16 full-size articles were assessed of which 6 were found eligible for this review. Of 781 patients included 397 (60 %) had CAD+. The overall weighted mean global longitudinal strain (GLS) was −17.2 % (SD = 2.6) among CAD+ vs. -19.2 % (SD = 2.8) in CAD- patients. Mean area under curve in 4 studies for predicting CAD+ ranged from 0.68 to 0.80. The study cut-off levels for prediction of CAD+ in the ROC analysis varied between −17.4 % and −19.7 % with sensitivity from 51 % to 81 % and specificity between 58 % and 81 %. In 1 study GLS obtained during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) had the best accuracy. Regional strain measurements were not uniform, but may have potential in detecting CAD.

Conclusions

GLS measurements at rest only have modest diagnostic accuracy in predicting CAD+ among patients presenting with acute or chronic chest pain. The results from regional strain, layer specific strain and DSE need to be verified in larger studies.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Billehaug Norum et al.

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