Speckle Tracking
Speckle tracking derived strain in infants with severe perinatal asphyxia: a comparative case control study
... Myocardium of asphyxiated infants showed impaired glo- bal and segmental deformation as well as rate of deform- ation during systole compared to healthy term neonates. Deformation indices correlated with 2D Doppler ...
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Comparison of left ventricular mechanics in runners versus bodybuilders using speckle tracking echocardiography
... In-depth analysis of myocardial mechanics raises the question whether strain parameters could be able to dif- ferentiate pathological and physiological remodelling and maybe could help to monitor the training phases of ...
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Two-dimensional speckle tracking for the assessment of coronary artery disease during dobutamine stress echo: clinical tool or merely research method
... Wall-motion score index at rest was 1.06 ± 0.99, while at stress was 1.20 ± 0.20. The difference in values of WMSI between stress and rest (WMSIΔ), exhibited 78 % sensitivity, 88 % specificity (AUC 0.84, cut-off value ...
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Wall shear stress in hypertensive patients is associated with carotid vascular deformation assessed by speckle tracking strain imaging
... indicated speckle tracking strain as well as baPWV, which indicates a low WSS effect on arterial ...by speckle tracking imaging-based strain parameters, as we previously reported ...
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Left atrial dysfunction detected by speckle tracking in patients with systemic sclerosis
... intriguing. Speckle tracking allows a very sensitive estimation and monitoring of LA mechanics that may help us understand the pro- gressive steps in the ongoing pathophysiological process leading to overt ...
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Assessment of Aortic Root Mechanics in Hypertensive Patients by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
... Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography is a promising new im- aging modality. It permits offline assessment of tissue velocities and deformation parameters such as strain and strain rate. It is ...
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Assessment of Biventricular Function in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrillation: A Cross-sectional Study Using Two-dimensional Speckle Tracking Imaging
... two-dimensional speckle tracking was performed when feasible from simultaneous three apical views using 4D matrix probe (Xplane mode); and if not from three single and nearly equal in duration cardiac ...
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Increased longitudinal contractility and diastolic function at rest in well-trained amateur Marathon runners: a speckle tracking echocardiography study
... (GE Vingmed, Horton, Norway, M3S 1.5-4.0 MHz trans- ducer) [18]. Segmental Color Doppler recordings were performed to exclude valvular dysfunction. Real-time 2D ultrasound data from the left ventricle at the three apical ...
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Assessment of left ventricle function in aortic stenosis: mitral annular plane systolic excursion is not inferior to speckle tracking echocardiography derived global longitudinal peak strain
... Material and methods: In consecutive patients with moderate to severe AS and LV ejection fraction ≥ 50% standard echocardiography and two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography were performed. Mitral ...
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The Value of Speckle Tracking Strain Imaging at Recovery Period of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
... 2-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Strain Imaging to Wall Motion Analysis for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Dobutamine Stress ...
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Changes in speckle-tracking-derived mechanical dispersion index are associated with 30-day readmissions in acute heart failure
... utilizing speckle-tracking technology is a rela- tively new quantitative method for evaluating LV systolic function, and while it has been well studied in chronic HF [5–9], to date, there has been only one ...
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Preliminary clinical study of left ventricular myocardial strain in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy by three-dimensional speckle tracking imaging
... Two-dimensional speckle tracking (2D- STE) is angle independent, which measures the strain by tracking speckles, which are acoustic backscatter gener- ated by ultrasound interactions with the ...
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Feature tracking measurement of dyssynchrony from cardiovascular magnetic resonance cine acquisitions: comparison with echocardiographic speckle tracking
... boundary tracking CMR approaches to assess cardiac dyssynchrony ...feature tracking CMR software (FT-CMR) approach using SSFP ...by speckle tracking echocardiography (r = ...conventional ...
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Speckle Tracking for Assessment of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony
... (Speckle Tracking and Resynchronization) study was the first prospective multicentre study to associate speckle tracking strain dyssynchrony with EF response and long-term survival after CRT ...
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Speckle tracking echocardiography in cats with preclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
... Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) allows the quantification of myocardial deformation in the longitudinal, radial, and circumferential plane and can provide information on regional and global ...
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Use of speckle-tracking strain in preload-dependent patients, need for cautious interpretation!
... of speckle tracking after identification of baso-septal, baso-lateral and apical points ...Adequate tracking can be verified in real time from the dynamic loop and manually adjusted if ...average ...
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Speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with septic shock: a case control study (SPECKSS)
... Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) was assessed along the longitudinal coordinate of the left ventricle. The left ventricular global longi- tudinal strain (GLS) was obtained by ...
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Musculoskeletal application and validation of speckle tracking ultrasonography
... of speckle technology as a non-invasive, clinical measure of muscle ...the speckle pattern (representing muscle strain) can be tracked in two upper extremity skeletal muscles speckle tracking ...
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Outcome prediction in sepsis: Speckle tracking echocardiography based assessment of myocardial function
... 2D speckle-tracking imaging ...Two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging detects impaired myocardial performance in children with septic shock, not recognized by conventional ...
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Speckle tracking echocardiographically-based analysis of ventricular strain in children: an intervendor comparison
... (2D) speckle-tracking echocardiography has been shown to be a reliable and clinically important method of quantitatively characterizing cardiac function in children ...from speckle tracking ...
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