Diagnosis and treatment of fetal cardiac disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

MT Donofrio, AJ Moon-Grady, LK Hornberger… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The goal of this statement is to review available literature and to put forth a
scientific statement on the current practice of fetal cardiac medicine, including the diagnosis …

Current and evolving echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics: ASE/EAE consensus statement on methodology and …

V Mor-Avi, RM Lang, LP Badano… - European Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Echocardiographic imaging is ideally suited for the evaluation of cardiac mechanics
because of its intrinsically dynamic nature. Because for decades, echocardiography has …

Head-to-head comparison of global longitudinal strain measurements among nine different vendors: the EACVI/ASE inter-vendor comparison study

KE Farsalinos, AM Daraban, S Ünlü, JD Thomas… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background This study was planned by the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to Standardize
Deformation Imaging to (1) test the variability of speckle-tracking global longitudinal strain …

Reference ranges of left ventricular strain measures by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PT Levy, A Machefsky, AA Sanchez, MD Patel… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Establishment of the range of reference values and associated variations of two-
dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2DSTE)–derived left ventricular (LV) strain …

Normal Range of Left Ventricular 2-Dimensional Strain–Japanese Ultrasound Speckle Tracking of the Left Ventricle (JUSTICE) Study–

K Takigiku, M Takeuchi, C Izumi, S Yuda… - Circulation …, 2012 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: To determine the normal range of left ventricular (LV) 2-dimensional (2-D)
strain and vendor-specific differences, a multicenter prospective 2-D strain study endorsed …

Changes in left ventricular longitudinal strain with anthracycline chemotherapy in adolescents precede subsequent decreased left ventricular ejection fraction

JT Poterucha, S Kutty, RK Lindquist, L Li… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Pediatric cancer survivors who have been exposed to anthracycline (ANT)
chemotherapy are an ever increasing population at risk for premature cardiac disease …

Intervendor variability of two-dimensional strain using vendor-specific and vendor-independent software

Y Nagata, M Takeuchi, K Mizukoshi, VCC Wu… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Although two-dimensional (2D) strain is widely used to assess left ventricular
mechanics, the strain values derived from vendor-specific 2D speckle-tracking software are …

A comprehensive echocardiographic protocol for assessing neonatal right ventricular dimensions and function in the transitional period: normative data and z scores

A Jain, A Mohamed, A El-Khuffash, KA Connelly… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background There is a paucity of echocardiographic data describing right ventricular (RV)
dimensions and function in the early transitional newborn period. Methods Fifty healthy term …

Normal ranges of right ventricular systolic and diastolic strain measures in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PT Levy, AAS Mejia, A Machefsky, S Fowler… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Establishment of the range of normal values and associated variations of two-
dimensional (2D) speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE)–derived right ventricular (RV) …

Imaging the right heart: the use of integrated multimodality imaging

ER Valsangiacomo Buechel… - European heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
During recent years, right ventricular (RV) structure and function have been found to be an
important determinant of outcome in different cardiovascular and also pulmonary diseases …