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Does strain echocardiography improve the diagnostic workup of cardiac diseases in the intensive care unit compared to conventional echocardiography?
Does strain echocardiography improve the diagnostic workup of cardiac diseases in the intensive care unit compared to conventional echocardiography?
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Strain echocardiography offers incremental diagnostic value for managing acute cardiac conditions in the intensive care unit.
The use of conventional echocardiography in the intensive care unit (ICU) is today established to assess left and right ventricular systolic function, for preload determination and procedural guidance. Next step in ICU echocardiography could be the use of novel ultrasound techniques such as strain echocardiography to assist in the management of patients with acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, or pulmonary embolism. This review has gathered the available evidence supporting the incremental value of strain in the diagnostic workup of cardiac diseases treated in ICU.
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