Abstract:
:Stress echocardiography is an established method for the diagnosis and prognostic stratification of coronary artery disease. In the last few years, the tremendous technological and conceptual versatility of this technique has been increasingly applied in challenging diagnostic fields. Today, in the echocardiography laboratory we can detect not only ischaemia from coronary artery stenosis, but can also recognize abnormalities of the coronary microvessels, myocardium, heart valves, pulmonary circulation, alveolar-capillary barrier, and right ventricle. Therefore, we evaluate coronary arteries as well as coronary microvascular disease (associated with diabetes and hypertension), suspected or overt dilated cardiomyopathy, systolic and diastolic heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, athletes' hearts, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, incipient or overt pulmonary hypertension, and heart transplant patients for early detection of chronic or acute rejection as well as potential donors for better selection of suitable donor hearts. From a stress echo era with a one-fits-all approach (wall motion by 2D-echo in the patient with known or suspected coronary artery disease) now we have moved on to an omnivorous, next-generation laboratory employing a variety of technologies (from M-Mode to 2D and pulsed, continuous and colour Doppler, to lung ultrasound and real-time 3D echo, 2D speckle tracking and myocardial contrast echo) on patients covering the entire spectrum of severity (from elite athletes to patients with end-stage heart failure) and ages (from children with congenital heart disease to the elderly with low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis). For each patient, we can tailor a dedicated stress protocol with a specific method to address a particular diagnostic question. Provided that the acoustic window is acceptable and the necessary expertise available, stress echocardiography is useful and convenient in many situations, from valvular to congenital heart disease, and whenever there is a mismatch between symptoms during stress and findings at rest. Increasing societal concern regarding cost, environment and radiation risks of medical imaging will lead to a preferential application of ultrasound over competing techniques, due to its unsurpassed versatility, portability, absence of radiation, and low cost.
journal_name
Eur Heart Jjournal_title
European heart journalauthors
Picano E,Pellikka PAdoi
10.1093/eurheartj/eht350subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-04-01 00:00:00pages
1033-40issue
16eissn
0195-668Xissn
1522-9645pii
eht350journal_volume
35pub_type
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/9.suppl_n.65
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/eurheartj/5.suppl_f.225
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journal_title:European heart journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060895
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:European heart journal
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更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00