Myocardial deformation and acute cellular rejection after heart transplantation: Impact of inter-vendor variability in diagnostic effectiveness.

Martín Ruiz OrtizSara Rodriguez-DiegoMónica DelgadoJiwon KimJonathan W WeinsaftRosa OrtegaLucía CarneroJosé J SánchezFrancisco CarrascoJosé López-AguileraAmador López-GranadosJosé M ArizónNick ParedesJesús Oneto-FernandezManuel PanDolores Mesa

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)

Inter-vendor reproducibility of strain values was low in this study. Some strain parameters were associated to ACR, although these results were inconsistent between two commercially available software. Specific validation of each software is warranted for this clinical indication.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
systematic review
left ventricular
data analysis
respiratory failure
heart failure
intensive care unit
hepatitis b virus
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome