Interpretation of left ventricular wall motion during stress testing.
This article describes the obstacles to stress echocardiographic interpretation, and reviews the techniques currently available that offer a more objective approach to stress wall motion analysis than the conventional visual methodology. These techniques include Doppler-based methods, such as myocardial Doppler velocity and strain rate imaging, as well as automated border detection techniques, such as acoustic quantification and color kinesis.
DeCara
Jeanne M
JM
Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging Laboratories, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. jdecara@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Lang
Roberto M
RM
D003287:Contrast Media; D004280:Dobutamine; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
D003287:Contrast Media; D004280:Dobutamine