More than 10 years of speckle tracking echocardiography: Still a novel technique or a definite tool for clinical practice?

Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) cannot be considered a recent technique anymore. Its application has gained growing importance over the last decade in several clinical settings, and the deformation analysis has fully entered in diagnostic algorithms and guidelines of various pathologies. STE...

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Published in:Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2019-05, Vol.36 (5), p.958-970
Main Authors: Cameli, Matteo, Mandoli, Giulia E., Sciaccaluga, Carlotta, Mondillo, Sergio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
echocardiography
Echocardiography - methods
Heart Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods
myocardial deformation
speckle tracking echocardiography
strain
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Summary:Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) cannot be considered a recent technique anymore. Its application has gained growing importance over the last decade in several clinical settings, and the deformation analysis has fully entered in diagnostic algorithms and guidelines of various pathologies. STE allows to track the displacement of “speckles” in two‐dimensional (2D) echocardiographic images in an angle‐independent way and to assess their movement (strain) during the cardiac cycle. Its high feasibility, reproducibility, and accuracy have been widely demonstrated. In this review, we describe how STE has been applied to different aspects of the daily clinical practice, including ischemic heart diseases, heart valve disease, heart failure, and prognostication, highlighting the possible added value that strain parameters have shown over the years.
ISSN:0742-2822
1540-8175
DOI:10.1111/echo.14339