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.
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.
Department of Cardiology, University of Liège Hospital, GIGA-Cardiovascular Sciences, Liège, Belgium; Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research, Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy. Electronic address: plancellotti@chu.ulg.ac.be.
Patrizio
P
Lancellotti
Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Patricia A
PA
Pellikka
Congenital and Structural Cardiology University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Werner
W
Budts
Echocardiography Laboratories, Mount Sinai Heart Network 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, New York, New York.
Farooq A
FA
Chaudhry
Service de Cardiologie, CHU RENNES et LTSI U 1099 - Université Rennes-1, Rennes, France.
Erwan
E
Donal
Department of Cardiology, University of Liège Hospital, GIGA-Cardiovascular Sciences, Liège, Belgium.
Raluca
R
Dulgheru
Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Thor
T
Edvardsen
King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Madalina
M
Garbi
Cardiology Division, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul, Seoul, South Korea.
Jong Won
JW
Ha
Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Garvan C
GC
Kane
Echo Lab, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
Joe
J
Kreeger
Echocardiography, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Luc
L
Mertens
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, Québec, Canada.
Philippe
P
Pibarot
Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.
Eugenio
E
Picano
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Thomas
T
Ryan
Heart Institute - University of São Paulo Medical School and Fleury Group, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jeane M
JM
Tsutsui
Department of Medicine and Cardilogy Center, University of Szeged, Dugonics tér 13, Szeged, Hungary.
Albert
A
Varga
D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000592:standards*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
Cardiomyopathy; Congenital heart disease; Heart failure; Pulmonary hypertension; Stress echocardiography; Stress test; Valvular heart disease