title: The clinical use of stress echocardiography in non-ischaemic heart disease: recommendations from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography.
abstract: A unique and highly versatile technique, stress echocardiography (SE) is increasingly recognized for its utility in the evaluation of non-ischaemic heart disease. SE allows for simultaneous assessment of myocardial function and haemodynamics under physiological or pharmacological conditions. Due to its diagnostic and prognostic value, SE has become widely implemented to assess various conditions other than ischaemic heart disease. It has thus become essential to establish guidance for its applications and performance in the area of non-ischaemic heart disease. This paper summarizes these recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Liège Hospital, GIGA-Cardiovascular Sciences, Liège, Belgium plancellotti@chu.ulg.ac.be.|Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research, Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Patrizio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lancellotti
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pellikka
authors.affiliation: Congenital and Structural Cardiology University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Budts
authors.affiliation: Echocardiography Laboratories, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Farooq A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, CHU RENNES et LTSI U 1099 - Université Rennes-1, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Erwan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Donal
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Liège Hospital, GIGA-Cardiovascular Sciences, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Raluca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dulgheru
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Thor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Edvardsen
authors.affiliation: King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Madalina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garbi
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Garvan C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.affiliation: Echo Lab, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreeger
authors.affiliation: Echocardiography, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.affiliation: Québec Heart & Lung Institute/Institut Universitaire de Cardiology et de Pneumologie de Québec, Department of Cardiology, Laval University and Canada Research Chair in Valvular Heart Disease, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pibarot
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picano
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute - University of São Paulo Medical School and Fleury Group, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jeane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tsutsui
authors.affiliation: Institute of Family Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varga
mesh_terms: D000572:American Heart Association; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States
keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Congenital heart disease; Heart failure; Pulmonary hypertension; Stress echocardiography; Stress test; Valvular heart disease