Why the study?
Preoperative identification of LV systolic dysfunction is important, but conventional biplane LVEF requires extensive training and is time-consuming, warranting a feasible point-of-care screening method.
Do point-of-care echocardiographic methods (TDISm, EPSS, MAPSE) accurately identify left ventricular systolic dysfunction compared to biplane LVEF in elective surgical patients?
Comparison
TDISm, EPSS, and MAPSE vs biplane LVEF
Design
Prospective observational study
Authors
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EPSS and MAPSE may aid point-of-care detection of reduced LVEF in elective surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Do point-of-care echocardiographic methods (TDISm, EPSS, MAPSE) accurately identify left ventricular systolic dysfunction compared to biplane LVEF in elective surgical patients?
Stenberg et al. (2020) studied this question.
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