Early detection of cardiotoxicity by 2D and 3D deformation imaging in patients receiving chemotherapy.

The aim of the present study was to find out whether early cardiac changes in patients receiving chemotherapy can be detected by the conventional and deformation parameters of 2D and 3D echocardiography. Twenty-five healthy subjects with normal regional left ventricular function (group 1) and 25 patients receiving chemotherapy (group 2) underwent 2D and 3D transthoracic echocardiography (Toshiba Artida Medical System). All patients (group 2) were examined before and during cardiotoxic chemotherapy at a 3-month follow-up.

The agreement between 3D, standard 2D and triplane 2D speckle tracking: effects of image quality and 3D volume rate.

Comparison of 3D and 2D speckle tracking performed on standard 2D and triplane 2D datasets of normal and pathological left ventricular (LV) wall-motion patterns with a focus on the effect that 3D volume rate (3DVR), image quality and tracking artifacts have on the agreement between 2D and 3D speckle tracking. 37 patients with normal LV function and 18 patients with ischaemic wall-motion abnormalities underwent 2D and 3D echocardiography, followed by offline speckle tracking measurements. The values of 3D global, regional and segmental strain were compared with the standard 2D and triplane 2D strain values.

The impact of the width of the tracking area on speckle tracking parameters-methodological aspects of deformation imaging.

Aims: The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of the tracking area width on myocardial wall motion and deformation parameters in 2D speckle tracking.

Methods And Results: Standardized apical views were acquired in 30 healthy subjects and 15 patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction using 2D echocardiography. Longitudinal peak systolic strain (PSS), longitudinal peak systolic strain rate (PSSR), postsystolic index (PSI), peak longitudinal (PLD), and peak transverse displacement (PTD) were determined by 2D speckle tracking to analyze the impact of the tracking area width on global and regional myocardial wall motion and deformation parameters.