Early assessment of strain echocardiography can accurately exclude significant coronary artery stenosis in suspected non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 512-519

  Dahlslett, Thomas ^a   Karlsen, Sigve ^a   Grenne, Bjørnar ^a,b   Eek, Christian ^c   Sjøli, Benthe ^a   Skulstad, Helge ^c   Smiseth, Otto A ^c   Edvardsen, Thor ^c   Brunvand, Harald ^a  

^a Sorlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Echocardiography; Emergency department; Myocardial strain; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84899492687     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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