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Advanced imaging modalities, including Tissue Doppler, Speckle Tracking, CMR, and Cardiac CT, are increasingly used in paediatric cardiology to evaluate myocardial function and anatomy.
This review summarizes the basic principles and clinical applications of advanced imaging modalities such as Tissue Doppler, Speckle Tracking, CMR, and Cardiac CT in pediatric cardiology.
Advanced imaging modalities may refine pediatric cardiac assessment; leaves open their added value versus conventional methods in clinical practice.
Tissue Doppler Imaging and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography are newer echo-cardiographic modalities, that assess myocardial and valvular function in congenital and acquired heart diseases in childhood. In addition, cross-sectional imaging including Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) and Cardiac Computed Tomography has been widely used over the last decade in paediatric cardiology, in order to evaluate intra-cardiac and extra-cardiac anatomy. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance particularly allows detailed analysis of myocardial function, and shunt quantification and has applications even in fetal life. This mini-review summarizes the basic principles of the above-advanced modalities and highlights their main indications and clinical applications in childhood.
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Ramcharan et al. (2023) conducted a review in Congenital and acquired heart diseases in childhood. Advanced imaging (Tissue Doppler, Speckle Tracking, CMR, Cardiac CT) was evaluated. Advanced imaging modalities, including Tissue Doppler, Speckle Tracking, CMR, and Cardiac CT, are increasingly used in paediatric cardiology to evaluate myocardial function and anatomy.
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