How automated techniques ease functional assessment of the fetal heart: Applicability of two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography for comprehensive analysis of global and segmental cardiac deformation using fetalHQ®.
Jann Lennard ScharfChristoph DracopoulosMichael GembickiAchim RodyAmrei WelpJan WeichertPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2024)
Between both operators, our data indicated that 2D-STE analysis showed excellent agreement for cardiac morphometry parameters (ED and SI), and good agreement for cardiac function parameters (EndoGLS and FS). Due to its complexity, the application of fetal 2D-STE remains the domain of scientific-academic perinatal ultrasound and should be placed preferably in the hands of skilled operators. At present, from our perspective, an implementation into clinical practice "on-the-fly" cannot be recommended.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- clinical practice
- emergency department
- magnetic resonance imaging
- heart failure
- healthcare
- primary care
- machine learning
- deep learning
- electronic health record
- pregnant women
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- high throughput
- big data
- atrial fibrillation
- room temperature
- ultrasound guided
- single cell
- contrast enhanced ultrasound