Tissue Doppler, Strain and Strain Rate in ischemic heart disease “How I do it”

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

How I do it article

Jens-Uwe Voigt¹  Jürgen Duchenne¹  Razvan O Mada¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium;

关键词: Echocardiography;    Deformation imaging;    Tissue Doppler;    Speckle tracking;    Strain;    Strain rate;    Myocardial ischemia;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1476-7120-12-38

 received in 2014-07-21, accepted in 2014-09-01,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Echocardiography is the standard method for assessing myocardial function in patients with ischemic heart disease. The acquisition and interpretation of echocardiographic images, however, remains a highly specialized task which often relies entirely on the subjective visual assessment of the reader and requires therefore, particular training and expertise. Myocardial deformation imaging allows quantifying myocardial function far beyond what can be done with sole visual assessment. It can improve the interpretation of regional dysfunction and offers sensitive markers of induced ischemia which can be used for stress tests. In the following, we recapitulate shortly the pathophysiological and technical basics and explain in a practical manner how we use this technique in investigating patients with ischemic heart disease.

【 授权许可】

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