Ji Xiang, Zhang Junmin, Xie Yuji, Wang Wenyuan, Zhang Yiwei, Xie Mingxing, Zhang Li
Department of Ultrasound Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
Clinical Research Center for Medical Imaging in Hubei Province, Wuhan 430022, China.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Jun 20;14(12):1305. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14121305.
Heart transplantation (HT) is the mainstream therapy for end-stage heart disease. However, the cardiac graft function can be affected by several factors. It is important to monitor HT patients for signs of graft dysfunction. Transthoracic echocardiography is a simple, first-line, and non-invasive method for the assessment of cardiac function. The emerging speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) could quickly and easily provide additive information over traditional echocardiography. STE longitudinal deformation parameters are markers of early impairment of ventricular function. Although once called the "forgotten ventricle", right ventricular (RV) assessment has gained attention in recent years. This review highlights the potentially favorable role of STE in assessing RV systolic function in clinically well HT patients.
心脏移植（HT）是终末期心脏病的主流治疗方法。然而，心脏移植物的功能会受到多种因素的影响。监测心脏移植患者是否出现移植物功能障碍的迹象非常重要。经胸超声心动图是一种用于评估心脏功能的简单、一线且无创的方法。新兴的斑点追踪超声心动图（STE）能够快速且轻松地提供比传统超声心动图更多的信息。STE纵向变形参数是心室功能早期受损的标志物。尽管右心室（RV）评估曾被称为“被遗忘的心室”，但近年来已受到关注。本综述强调了STE在评估临床状况良好的心脏移植患者右心室收缩功能方面可能具有的有利作用。
