Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking during Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in the Detection of Myocardial Ischemia in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

: Valtteri Uusitalo, Matti Luotolahti, Mikko Pietilä, Maria Wendelin-Saarenhovi, Jaakko Hartiala, Markku Saraste, Juhani Knuuti, Antti Saraste

Publisher: MOSBY-ELSEVIER

: 2016

Journal of The American Society of Echocardiography

: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

: J AM SOC ECHOCARDIOG

: 29

: 5

: 470

: 479.e3

: 13

: 0894-7317

: 1097-6795

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2015.12.013

Conclusions: Assessment of systolic or postsystolic strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography during early recovery after DSE can help in the detection of hemodynamically significant coronary stenosis compared with visual wall motion analysis alone.

Coronary artery disease, Dobutamine stress echocardiography, Myocardial perfusion imaging, Postsystolic strain, Speckle-tracking