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

doi:10.1186/1476-7120-6-54

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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

Rodolfo Citro¹ , Eduardo Bossone² , Bettina Kuersten² , Giovanni Gregorio¹ and Alessandro Salustri³

¹Department of UTIC-Cardiology, "San Luca" Hospital, Vallo della Lucania (SA), Italy

²Department of Cardiology, "Santa Maria dell'Olmo" Hospital, Cava dei Tirreni e Costa d'Amalfi (SA), Italy

³Department of Cardiology, Policlinico Luigi Di Liegro, Roma, Italy

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6:54doi:10.1186/1476-7120-6-54


Published:	30 October 2008

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.