Does strain echocardiography improve the diagnosis of pediatric myocarditis compared to conventional echocardiography?
Strain echocardiography is a valuable early diagnostic tool for pediatric myocarditis, detecting dysfunction earlier than conventional echocardiography and showing good concordance with CMR.
Strain echocardiography is a valuable tool for the assessment of suspected pediatric myocarditis, showing good concordance with CMR and identifying myocardial dysfunction before conventional echocardiographic measures decline.
Macierzanka et al. (Wed,) studied this question.