Three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography overcomes drawbacks of two-dimensional techniques to provide accurate evaluation of global and regional cardiac function.
This review provides systematic guidance on the methodology and clinical potential of 3D speckle-tracking echocardiography for evaluating cardiac function.
Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) is an advanced echocardiographic technique that allows a novel approach to the assessment of cardiac physiology through the study of myocardial mechanics. In its three-dimensional (3D) modality, it overcomes the drawbacks inherent to other echocardiographic techniques, namely two-dimensional echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging. Several research studies and software improvements have led 3D-STE to become a promising tool for accurate evaluation of global and regional cardiac function. This article addresses the image acquisition, analytical methods, and parameters of myocardial mechanics that could be derived from 3D-STE. This systematic guidance may help to establish its usefulness in the global and regional evaluation of cardiac function, and to facilitate its clinical application.
Urbano-Moral et al. (Thu,) conducted a review in Cardiac function assessment. Three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (3D-STE) vs. Two-dimensional echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging was evaluated. Three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography overcomes drawbacks of two-dimensional techniques to provide accurate evaluation of global and regional cardiac function.