Why the study?
Does strain Doppler echocardiography accurately quantify postsystolic shortening to differentiate active contraction from passive recoil in ischemic myocardium?
Does strain Doppler echocardiography accurately quantify postsystolic shortening to differentiate active contraction from passive recoil in ischemic myocardium?
Postsystolic shortening in hypokinetic or akinetic segments indicates active contraction and can be accurately quantified by strain Doppler echocardiography to identify viable myocardium.
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SDE may quantify postsystolic shortening in experimental ischemia; leaves open clinical validation for viability assessment.
Skulstad et al. (2002) studied this question.
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