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16801809

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Stress echocardiography has become a common non-invasive test in patients with chest pain and known or suspected coronary artery disease, but, as with exercise electrocardiography, it shows several major limitations. Analysis of gray-scale images based on subjective visual interpretation of wall motion and thickening has considerable variability even among experts. Doppler myocardial imaging and strain rate imaging echocardiography provides additional information in comparison with conventional echocardiography. These techniques provide quantification of regional wall motion at rest and during stress. Quantification of both systolic and diastolic myocardial function by either Doppler myocardial imaging or strain rate imaging mapping during dobutamine stress test has been shown to be a feasible, accurate, non-invasive tool that should be considered to be a sensitive alternative to the present echocardiographic and scintigraphic imaging techniques for stress tests. Time consuming off-line analysis of color images is required in the present state of technology. However, these non-invasive techniques are rapidly evolving and expanding. Further refinements in signal processing and quantitative analysis are likely in the near future.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1558-2027
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
480-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Potential clinical perspectives of Doppler myocardial imaging and strain rate imaging during stress echocardiography.
pubmed:affiliation
Non-invasive Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Monaldi Hospital Naples, Italy. pio.caso@tin.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article