Why the study?
Does Tissue Doppler echocardiography detect impaired cardiac function independently of conventional echocardiography in persons with hypertension, diabetes, or ischaemic heart disease?
Population
Persons in the general population with hypertension, diabetes, or ischaemic heart disease
Comparison
Tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDI) vs Conventional echocardiography
Design
Cohort
Authors
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TDI may unmask subclinical dysfunction when conventional echo is normal; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does Tissue Doppler echocardiography detect impaired cardiac function independently of conventional echocardiography in persons with hypertension, diabetes, or ischaemic heart disease?
Tissue Doppler imaging can detect subclinical cardiac dysfunction in patients with cardiovascular risk factors even when conventional echocardiography is normal.
Møgelvang et al. (2008) studied this question.
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