Why the study?
Does layer-specific strain during dipyridamole stress echocardiography improve the diagnosis of microvascular angina in patients with known or suspected CAD?
Population
66 patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD)
Comparison
Dipyridamole stress echocardiography with… vs Comparison between patients with negative DSE…
Design
Cross-sectional
Key result
Global circumferential strain and endocardial global longitudinal strain during dipyridamole stress echocardiography can differentiate microvascular disease and macrovascular ischemia from normal.
Authors
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Layer-specific strain during DSE may aid microvascular angina detection; leaves open confirmation before changing diagnostic algorithms.
Observational (n=66)
Does layer-specific strain during dipyridamole stress echocardiography improve the diagnosis of microvascular angina in patients with known or suspected CAD?
Global circumferential strain and endocardial global longitudinal strain during dipyridamole stress echocardiography can help differentiate microvascular disease and macrovascular ischemia from normal responses.
Mandoli et al. (2018) conducted an observational in known or suspected coronary artery disease (n=66). Layer-specific longitudinal and circumferential strain during dipyridamole stress echocardiography vs. Negative DSE was evaluated on Diagnostic value of left ventricular layer-specific longitudinal and circumferential strain in detecting CAD and discriminating microvascular angina. Global circumferential strain and endocardial global longitudinal strain during dipyridamole stress echocardiography can differentiate microvascular disease and macrovascular ischemia from normal.