Trial reportScientific reports2018
Speckle tracking stress echocardiography in children: interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility and the impact of echocardiographic image quality.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Applications of Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Stress Echocardiography: A Systematic Review on Feasibility, Diagnostic, and Clinical Utility.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2025Pooled it
- Combined Utility of Speckle Tracking Echocardiography and Cardiac Biomarkers for Early Detection of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Oncology Patients.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Abnormal Global Longitudinal Strain During Anthracycline Treatment Predicts Future Cardiotoxicity in Children.Pediatric cardiology · 2024Article
- The mechanics of congenital heart disease: from a morphological trait to the functional echocardiographic evaluation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Influence of ultrasound transmit frequency on measurement of global longitudinal strain on 2D speckle tracking echocardiography.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Impact of Cancer Type and Treatment Protocol on Cardiac Function in Pediatric Oncology Patients: An Analysis Utilizing Speckle Tracking, Global Longitudinal Strain, and Myocardial Performance Index.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association between resting myocardial work indices and stress myocardial perfusion in patients with angina and non-obstructive coronary artery disease.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony by speckle tracking echocardiography in children with duchenne muscular dystrophy.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2022Article
- Time to shape up - assessment and reporting standards for data quality in clinical research using echocardiographic imaging techniques require improvement.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2019Article
- Uncovering Cardiac Involvement in Childhood Diabetes: Is it Time to Move Toward Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Childhood Diabetes Management?Journal of cardiovascular echographyArticle
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Abstract
Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is increasingly used during functional assessments. However, reproducibility and dependence on echocardiographic image quality for speckle tracking stress echocardiography in pediatric patients have not been studied to date. 127 consecutive normotensive children without structural heart disease (mean age 13.4 ± 3.0 years, 50.4% female) underwent a stepwise semisupine cycle ergometric protocol. Left ventricular (LV) myocardial peak strain and strain rate were assessed at rest and during exercise. Interobserver and intraobserver assessments were performed and analyzed regarding echocardiographic image quality. LV peak global strain and strain rate were well reproducible with narrow limits of agreement without any significant bias both at rest and during all stages of exercise testing. Moreover, strain rate reproducibility slightly deteriorated in values between -1.5 and -3 s
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