Potential role of conventional and speckle-tracking echocardiography in the screening of structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in elderly individuals: Baseline echocardiographic findings from the LOOP study.
Flemming Javier OlsenSøren Zoega DiederichsenPeter Godsk JørgensenMagnus T JensenAnders DahlNino Emmanuel LandlerClaus GraffAxel BrandesDerk KriegerKetil Jørgen HauganLars KøberSøren HøjbergJesper Hastrup SvendsenTor Biering-SørensenPublished in: PloS one (2022)
The findings of this study highlight the potential clinical utility of conventional and speckle-tracking echocardiography in the screening of structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in the elderly population. Further studies are warranted to determine the prognostic relevance of these findings.