Three-dimensional echocardiography and speckle tracking echocardiography provide accurate, time-efficient, and angle-independent methods for evaluating left atrial size, anatomy, and function.
3DE and STE are promising novel echocardiographic techniques that provide a more accurate and comprehensive assessment of left atrial size and function than conventional 2D methods.
Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) have recently applied as imaging techniques to accurately evaluate left atrial (LA) size, anatomy and function. 3DE and off-line quantification softwares, have allowed, in comparison to magnetic resonance imaging, the most time-efficient and accurate method of LA volume quantification. STE provides a non-Doppler, angle-independent and objective quantification of LA myocardial deformation. Data regarding feasibility, accuracy and clinical applications of LA analysis by 3DE and STE are rapidly gathering. This review describes the fundamental concepts of LA 3DE and STE, illustrates how to obtain respective measurements and discuss their recognized and emerging clinical applications.
Cameli et al. (Wed,) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease (Left atrial assessment). Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) was evaluated. Three-dimensional echocardiography and speckle tracking echocardiography provide accurate, time-efficient, and angle-independent methods for evaluating left atrial size, anatomy, and function.
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