| Literature DB >> 29675359 |
Attila Nemes1, Péter Domsik1, Anita Kalapos1, Árpád Kormányos1, Nóra Ambrus1, Tamás Forster1.
Abstract
The right atrium (RA) is the most under-evaluated heart chamber in the clinical practice. Three-dimensional (3D) speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) merges the benefits of 3D echocardiography and STE: volumetric and strain assessment of the RA can be performed at the same time from the same digitally acquired 3D echocardiographic dataset with a special equipment using a virtual 3D model of the RA. A diagnostic focused study is under way at the Second Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, University of Szeged, Hungary to assess 3D-STE-derived RA variables in different patient populations, which serves as a substudy of Motion Analysis of the heart and Great vessels bY three-dimensionAl speckle-tRacking echocardiography in Pathological cases (MAGYAR-Path) Study. The aim of the present review is to summarize these early results.Entities:
Keywords: Three-dimensional (3D); right atrium (RA); speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE)
Year: 2018 PMID: 29675359 PMCID: PMC5891688 DOI: 10.21037/qims.2018.01.11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Quant Imaging Med Surg ISSN: 2223-4306