Assessment of right ventricular function following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation—The role of speckle‐tracking echocardiography: A meta‐analysis
Barssoum K, Altibi A, Rai D, Kharsa A, Kumar A, Chowdhury M, Elkaryoni A, Abuzaid A, Baibhav B, Parikh V, Masri A, Amsallem M, Nanda N. Assessment of right ventricular function following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation—The role of speckle‐tracking echocardiography: A meta‐analysis. Echocardiography 2020, 37: 2048-2060. PMID: 33084128, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ventricle free wall strainRight ventricle global longitudinal strainRight ventricular failureSpeckle-tracking echocardiographyRight ventricular failure patientsLeft ventricular assist deviceStandardized mean differenceTransthoracic echocardiographyPrediction of right ventricular failureSubgroup analysisAssessment of right ventricular functionVentricular assist deviceOdds ratioAssociated with worse outcomesFree wall strainGlobal longitudinal strainRight ventricular functionLeft ventricular assist device recipientsMeta-analysisMeta-analysis of published literaturePooled odds ratioRandom-effects modelNo significant differenceVentricular failureVentricular functionSpeckle tracking echocardiography can predict subclinical myocardial involvement in patients with sarcoidosis: A meta‐analysis
Barssoum K, Altibi A, Rai D, Kumar A, Kharsa A, Chowdhury M, Thakkar S, Shahid S, Abdelazeem M, Abuzaid A, Baibhav B, Parikh V, Feitell S, Balmer‐Swain M, Rao M, Amsallem M, Nanda N. Speckle tracking echocardiography can predict subclinical myocardial involvement in patients with sarcoidosis: A meta‐analysis. Echocardiography 2020, 37: 2061-2070. PMID: 33058271, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14886.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular global longitudinal strainGlobal circumferential strainSpeckle tracking echocardiographyStandardized mean differenceCardiac sarcoidosisCardiac magnetic resonanceSarcoidosis groupTracking echocardiographyHealthy controlsConfidence intervalsExtra-cardiac sarcoidosisGlobal longitudinal strainSubclinical myocardial involvementMeta-analysisScreening of CSAdvanced imaging modalitiesRandom-effects modelEnglish-language articlesPositron emission tomographyMyocardial involvementSarcoidosis patientsCardiac symptomsFDG-PETLongitudinal strainEchocardiographyGlobal longitudinal strain assessment of the left ventricle by speckle tracking echocardiography detects acute cellular rejection in orthotopic heart transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Elkaryoni A, Altibi A, Khan M, Okasha O, Ellakany K, Hassan A, Singh A, Qarajeh R, Mehta S, Nanda N. Global longitudinal strain assessment of the left ventricle by speckle tracking echocardiography detects acute cellular rejection in orthotopic heart transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Echocardiography 2020, 37: 302-309. PMID: 31967669, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute cellular rejectionGlobal longitudinal strainHeart transplant recipientsSpeckle tracking echocardiographyGlobal longitudinal strain assessmentOrthotopic heart transplant recipientsEndomyocardial biopsyWeighted mean differenceTracking echocardiographyTransplant recipientsCellular rejectionComparison to endomyocardial biopsyDetect acute cellular rejectionDiagnose ACRLeft ventricleNoninvasive screening modalityQuality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy StudiesComplication of transplantationCochrane Central Register of Controlled TrialsCentral Register of Controlled TrialsMeta-analysisRegister of Controlled TrialsConfidence intervalsStrain assessmentDiagnostic accuracy studies