Role of Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A Review

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an important cause of the heart failure. Timely diagnosis and optimal management decrease morbidity and mortality in heart failure patients. Although transthoracic echocardiography is used as the diagnostic test of choice in these patients, new modalities like speckle...

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Autores principales: Murtaza, Ghulam, Virk, Hafeez Ul Hasan, Khalid, Muhammad, Rahman, Zia, Sitwala, Puja, Schoondyke, Jeffrey, Al-Balbissi, Kais
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Medical Physics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5519311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28744419
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1372
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Sumario:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an important cause of the heart failure. Timely diagnosis and optimal management decrease morbidity and mortality in heart failure patients. Although transthoracic echocardiography is used as the diagnostic test of choice in these patients, new modalities like speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) have promising results in diagnosing these patients in the earlier course of the disease. Advancements in cardiac imaging are expected as more clinical studies on the role of STE in different cardiac diseases that emerge. In this review article, we will discuss the basics of STE and its role in diagnosing DCM.

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