The place of speckle tracking echocardiography in modern diagnostics of ischemic heart disease: analysis of a clinical case

Speckle tracking echocardiography is a promising modern technique for assessing structural and functional changes in the myocardium. The indicator of global longitudinal myocardial deformation estimated with its help is more sensitive to early changes in left ventricular contractility. The purpose of this article is to evaluate, based on a clinical case, the role of speckle tracking in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease and compare the detected results with ECG data from synchronized perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography of the myocardium and coronary angiography. The data obtained show that standard echocardiography combined with the assessment of longitudinal deformation according to speckle-tracking echocardiography is important and provides additional opportunities in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease.

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