Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Jul 1;21(7):715-717. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa091.
Modern speckle tracking allows the assessment of atrial strain in the clinic. The approach is new, lacks standardization and the user might encounter several problems in its routine use. This article provides guidance on how avoid pitfalls and how to perform reliable and reproducible atrial strain measurements according to current recommendations.
现代斑点追踪技术可用于临床评估心房应变。该方法较新,缺乏标准化,使用者在常规使用中可能会遇到一些问题。本文提供了一些指导,介绍了如何避免陷阱,并根据当前建议进行可靠和可重复的心房应变测量。