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Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Published in: Cardiovascular Ultrasound 1/2008

Open Access 01-12-2008 | Review

Tissue Doppler and strain imaging: anything left in the echo-lab?

Authors: Rodolfo Citro, Eduardo Bossone, Bettina Kuersten, Giovanni Gregorio, Alessandro Salustri

Published in: Cardiovascular Ultrasound | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

Medline research indicates that an increasing number of manuscripts have been published in the last decade claiming, the feasibility and the potential clinical role of tissue Doppler and strain/strain rate imaging. However, despite this amount of scientific evidence, these technologies are still confined to dedicated, high-tech, research-oriented echocardiography laboratories. In this review we have critically evaluated these techniques, analysing their physical principles, the technical problems related to their current clinical application, and the future perspectives. Finally, this review explores the reasons why these technologies are still defined "new technologies" and the impact of their implementation on the current clinical activity of an echocardiography laboratory.
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Metadata
Title
Tissue Doppler and strain imaging: anything left in the echo-lab?
Authors
Rodolfo Citro
Eduardo Bossone
Bettina Kuersten
Giovanni Gregorio
Alessandro Salustri
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Cardiovascular Ultrasound / Issue 1/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1476-7120
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-6-54

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