Journal article
Deformation imaging and rotational mechanics in neonates: a guide to image acquisition, measurement, interpretation, and reference values
Afif EL-Khuffash, Ulf Schubert, Philip T Levy, Eirik Nestaas, Willem P de Boode, T Austin, K Bohlin, MC Bravo, CR Breatnach, M Breindahl, E Dempsey, AM Groves, S Gupta, Horsberg B Eriksen, PJ McNamara, Z Molnar, SR Rogerson, CC Roehr, M Savoia, CE Schwarz Show all
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018
Abstract
Advances in neonatal cardiac imaging permit a more comprehensive assessment of myocardial performance in neonates that could not be previously obtained with conventional imaging. Myocardial deformation analysis is an emerging quantitative echocardiographic technique to characterize global and regional ventricular function in neonates. Cardiac strain is a measure of tissue deformation and strain rate is the rate at which deformation occurs. These measurements are obtained in neonates using tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) or two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). There is an expanding body of literature describing longitudinal reference ranges and maturational patterns of strain..
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Awarded by EU FP7/2007-2013
Funding Acknowledgements
All members of the European Special Interest Group 'Neonatologist Performed Echocardiography' are listed in the appendix. All these members have substantially contributed to the conception and revision of the manuscript and approved the final version to be published. A.E.-K. is in receipt of an Irish Health Research Board Clinical Trials Network Grant (HRB CTN 2014-10) and an EU FP7/2007-2013 grant (agreement no. 260777, The HIP Trial). E.N. received grant support from Research Council of Norway and Vestfold Hospital Trust. Financial support of publication costs by the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) is gratefully acknowledged.