Department of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8 Canada.
Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Nov-Dec;103(11-12):603-14. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.09.004. Epub 2010 Nov 25.
Echocardiography is a very important tool for the diagnosis and follow-up of children with congenital and acquired heart disease. One of the challenges that remains in paediatric heart disease is the assessment of systolic and diastolic function in children, as this is influenced by growth, morphology and loading conditions. New echocardiographic techniques, such as tissue Doppler, deformation imaging and three-dimensional echocardiography, have great potential application in this field. They may provide new insights into the influence of growth, morphology and loading on cardiac mechanics, and could become useful clinical tools. In this review, we discuss the potential use and limitations of these new echocardiographic techniques in paediatric and congenital heart disease.
超声心动图是诊断和随访先天性和后天性心脏病儿童的重要工具。儿科心脏病学中仍然存在的挑战之一是评估儿童的收缩和舒张功能，因为这受到生长、形态和负荷条件的影响。组织多普勒、应变成像和三维超声心动图等新的超声心动图技术在该领域具有很大的潜在应用价值。它们可能为生长、形态和负荷对心脏力学的影响提供新的见解，并可能成为有用的临床工具。在这篇综述中，我们讨论了这些新的超声心动图技术在儿科和先天性心脏病中的潜在用途和局限性。
