Avtor/Urednik		Cvijić, Marta; Voigt, Jens-Uwe
Naslov		Application of strain echocardiography in valvular heart diseases
Tip		članek
Vol. in št.		Letnik 23, št. 5
Leto izdaje		2020
Obseg		str. 244-253
ISSN		2149-2263
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Echocardiographic strain imaging allows new insight into a complex cardiac mechanics and enables more precise evaluation of cardiac function. Hence, it has been shown to have clinical utility in a variety of valvular heart diseases. In particular, global longitudinal strain has been shown to be more sensitive to detect systolic dysfunction than left ventricular ejection fraction. In patients with valvular heart diseases, it provides both diagnostic and prognostic information in addition to standard echocardiographic and clinical parameters. In this review, we summarize current clinical application of strain echocardiography in patients with valvular heart diseases and discuss pathophysiological mechanisms that lead to respective findings in specific diseases.
Proste vsebinske oznake		cardiac function echocardiography heart diseases delovanje srca ehokardiografija bolezni srca