Native Tissue Second Harmonic Imaging Improves Endocardial and Epicardial Border Definition in Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography | Zendy

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Native Tissue Second Harmonic Imaging Improves Endocardial and Epicardial Border Definition in Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Author(s) -

Uwe Nixdorff

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

european journal of echocardiography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1525-2167

pISSN - 1532-2114

DOI - 10.1053/euje.2000.0065

Subject(s) - medicine , echogenicity , cardiology , dobutamine , coronary artery disease , second harmonic imaging microscopy , myocardial infarction , artery , stress echocardiography , cardiac imaging , radiology , nuclear medicine , ultrasound , hemodynamics , laser , physics , optics , second harmonic generation

Native tissue second harmonic imaging (SHI) implemented in two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography was found to improve left ventricular (LV) endocardial border delineation. Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) depends on the ability to adequately visualize these borders. We analysed whether SHI, compared to fundamental imaging (FI), can improve echogenicity qualitatively and quantitatively, as well as looking at the diagnostic accuracy of the stress test.

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