Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Assessment of myocardial strain using speckle tracking echocardiography is an emerging echocardiographic technique that is increasingly used in the diagnosis and management of acquired heart disease in adults. In pediatric heart disease, this is still mainly considered as a research tool as the appl...

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Published in:Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2013-04, Vol.30 (4), p.447-459
Main Authors: Forsey, Jonathan, Friedberg, Mark K, Mertens, Luc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Echocardiography - methods
Elasticity Imaging Techniques - methods
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital - complications
Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
myocardial deformation
pediatric heart disease
speckle tracking
strain and strain rate
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology
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Summary:Assessment of myocardial strain using speckle tracking echocardiography is an emerging echocardiographic technique that is increasingly used in the diagnosis and management of acquired heart disease in adults. In pediatric heart disease, this is still mainly considered as a research tool as the application of this technology has been slowed by the lack of vendor‐independent technology and of normative data across the different age ranges. We believe that the technology has potential applications for the early detection of myocardial dysfunction, the quantification of ventricular function in congenital heart disease, and the detection of dyssynchrony.
ISSN:0742-2822
1540-8175
DOI:10.1111/echo.12131