This consensus document standardizes the definitions and techniques for 2D speckle tracking echocardiography of the left atrium, right ventricle, and right atrium, facilitating better software development and clinical application.
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Enables consistent deformation assessment in LA, RV, and RA; extends prior LV standardization to improve clinical reporting and research comparability.
The EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to standardize deformation imaging prepared this consensus document to standardize definitions and techniques for using two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) to assess left atrial, right ventricular, and right atrial myocardial deformation. This document is intended for both the technical engineering community and the clinical community at large to provide guidance on selecting the functional parameters to measure and how to measure them using 2D STE.This document aims to represent a significant step forward in the collaboration between the scientific societies and the industry since technical specifications of the software packages designed to post-process echocardiographic datasets have been agreed and shared before their actual development. Hopefully, this will lead to more clinically oriented software packages which will be better tailored to clinical needs and will allow industry to save time and resources in their development.
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Badano et al. (2018) conducted a review in Myocardial deformation assessment. Standardization of two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography was evaluated. The EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force published a consensus document standardizing definitions and techniques for using 2D speckle tracking echocardiography to assess myocardial deformation.
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