Cor Vasa 2008, 50(3):109-116 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2008.041

Tissue Doppler echocardiography in ischemic heart disease - the diagnostic potential for predicting the ischemic substrate and myocardial viability

Tomáš Skála, Martin Hutyra
I. interní klinika, Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc a Lékařská fakulta Univerzity Palackého, Olomouc, Česká republika

Tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE) is an ultrasound modality enabling relatively accurate visualization and quantification of regional myocardial motion and deformation. The aim of this review is to discuss the possibilities of individual TDE modalities in the diagnosis of myocardial ischemia and viability. The paper systematically reviews the individual systolic and diastolic velocity and deformation parameters of TDE, and their potential clinical use in diagnosing myocardial ischemia and in assessing myocardial viability at rest and during dobutamine stress echocardiography before considering surgical revascularization.

Keywords: Tissue Doppler echocardiography; Ischemic heart disease; Revascularization; Myocardial viability; Tissue velocity imaging; Strain; Strain rate

Published: March 1, 2008  Show citation

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Skála T, Hutyra M. Tissue Doppler echocardiography in ischemic heart disease - the diagnostic potential for predicting the ischemic substrate and myocardial viability. Cor Vasa. 2008;50(3):109-116. doi: 10.33678/cor.2008.041.
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