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ARCHIVES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Volume 103, Issue 11-12, Pages 603-614Publisher
ELSEVIER MASSON, CORPORATION OFFICE
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.09.004
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Echocardiography; Tissue Doppler; Speckle tracking; Ventricular function
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Echocardiography is a very important tool for the diagnosis and follow-up of children with congenital and acquired heart disease. One of the challenges that remains in paediatric heart disease is the assessment of systolic and diastolic function in children, as this is influenced by growth, morphology and loading conditions. New echocardiographic techniques, such as tissue Doppler, deformation imaging and three-dimensional echocardiography, have great potential application in this field. They may provide new insights into the influence of growth, morphology and loading on cardiac mechanics, and could become useful clinical tools. In this review, we discuss the potential use and limitations of these new echocardiographic techniques in paediatric and congenital heart disease. (C) 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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