Key result
Speckle tracking echocardiography can reveal subclinical dysfunction in early disease stages when standard parameters are normal, potentially modifying clinical routine across various conditions.
Why the study?
Speckle tracking echocardiography can reveal subclinical dysfunction when standard parameters remain normal, but its potential to alter clinical routine across various cardiac conditions warrants description.
Does speckle tracking echocardiography improve the detection of subclinical dysfunction in patients with early-stage cardiac diseases compared to standard echocardiography?
Does speckle tracking echocardiography improve the detection of subclinical dysfunction in patients with early-stage cardiac diseases compared to standard echocardiography?
Speckle tracking echocardiography has the potential to detect subclinical cardiac dysfunction early across various conditions, which could modify clinical routine and therapy.
Speckle tracking may detect subclinical dysfunction missed by standard echo; leaves open its role as a therapy modifier.
Echocardiography has been included as a first-line tool in several international guidelines for the management of patients with various cardiac diseases. Beyond diagnosis, echocardiographic examination helps in characterizing the severity of the condition since the very first stages. In particular, the application of second-level techniques, speckle tracking echocardiography in particular, can also reveal a subclinical dysfunction, while the standard parameters are in the normality range. The present review describes the potentialities of advanced echocardiography in different settings, including arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation, diastolic dysfunction, and oncological patients, thus opening up potential starting points for its application as a clinical routine changer.
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Mandoli et al. (2023) conducted a review in Various cardiac diseases. Speckle tracking echocardiography vs. Standard echocardiographic parameters was evaluated. Speckle tracking echocardiography can reveal subclinical dysfunction in early disease stages when standard parameters are normal, potentially modifying clinical routine across various conditions.
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