Key result
Stress echocardiography is a versatile imaging modality that assists in the diagnosis, therapy guidance, and prognosis of both ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiac diseases.
Why the study?
Stress echocardiography has expanding applications beyond coronary artery disease to non-ischaemic cardiac disease, alongside emerging advanced imaging techniques.
Stress echocardiography remains a versatile and clinically useful imaging modality for assessing both ischemic and non-ischemic cardiac diseases.
Supports routine integration of stress echocardiography; leaves open need for prospective trials to define optimal protocols.
Stress echocardiography is an established cardiac imaging modality for the detection and quantification of severity of coronary artery disease. In recent years, there has also been an increasing use of stress echocardiography in the assessment of non-ischaemic cardiac disease given its ability to assess functional capacity and haemodynamic changes with exercise which can help guide therapy and inform prognosis. The emerging use of strain, myocardial contrast and three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography further assists in improving diagnostic accuracy particularly in patients with coronary artery disease. This paper summarises the protocols, indications and clinical applications of stress echocardiography in both ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiac disease.
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Quah et al. (2019) conducted a review in Ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiac disease. Stress echocardiography was evaluated. Stress echocardiography is a versatile imaging modality that assists in the diagnosis, therapy guidance, and prognosis of both ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiac diseases.
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