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Advanced functional echocardiographic imaging of the failing heart in children*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2015

Anitha Parthiban  and
Girish Shirali
Anitha Parthiban*
Affiliation:
Ward Family Heart Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Girish Shirali
Affiliation:
Ward Family Heart Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: A. Parthiban, MD, Ward Family Heart Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108, United States of America. Tel: +816 234 3947; Fax: +816 302 9987; E-mail: aparthiban@cmh.edu
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Abstract

Over the past decade, new echocardiographic techniques such as three-dimensional echocardiography and the imaging of myocardial deformation (strain) have been developed, and are increasingly used in clinical practice. In this article, we describe the rationale and methodology, review available guidelines for practice, and discuss the advantages and limitations of each of these modalities. When available, we have also summarised the scientific evidence for the clinical application of these techniques to detect heart failure in children.

Keywords

Heart failurechildrenmyocardial strainthree-dimensional echocardiographyadvanced imaging
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Supplement S2: Special Supplement of Cardiology in the Young: Proceedings of the 2015 International Paediatric Heart Failure Summit of Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute , August 2015 , pp. 94 - 99
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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Footnotes

*

Presented at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, International Pediatric Heart Failure Summit, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America, 4–5 February, 2015.

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