The Key Role of Echocardiography for Clinical Decision Making in Different Heart Diseases
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2024 | Viewed by 212
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced cardiovascular imaging; CMR; echocardiography; cardiovascular emergencies
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2. Mediterranea Cardiocentro, 80122 Naples, Italy
Interests: echocardiography; speckle tracking echocardiography; valvular heart disease; ischemic heart disease; cardiomyopathies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in developed countries, with ischemic heart disease and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies playing the most relevant role. Many imaging techniques, either non-invasive or invasive, are being developed to enable the prompt detection of myocardial structural and functional abnormalities, as well as to guide therapeutic strategies.
Echocardiography is one of the most powerful bedside diagnostic and monitoring tools available in clinical practice. Its wide availability, non-invasiveness and high diagnostic accuracy make echocardiography a fundamental step in the management of patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Moreover, the ultimate role of echocardiography in managing heart disease has been highlighted, not only from a diagnostic perspective, but also for therapeutic and prognostic purposes.
The advent of more advanced techniques, such as stress echocardiography, three-dimensional echocardiography, speckle-tracking-derived longitudinal strain, and, more recently, non-invasive myocardial work assessment, has provided further insight into the detection of the structural and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease and has further extended the application of such technics in different clinical scenarios.
This Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine is now open for submission, welcoming papers that aim to present the current key role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases, with particular attention on novel techniques that could contribute to relevant achievements in the near future.
Prof. Dr. Antonello D'Andrea
Dr. Federica Ilardi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- speckle-tracking echocardiography
- global longitudinal strain
- strain rate
- non-invasive myocardial work
- 3D echocardiography
- stress echocardiography
- ischemic cardiomyopathy
- non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
- valvular heart disease
- athlete’s heart
- coronary flow reserve
