Review Article

Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: Early Predictor of Diagnosis and Prognosis in Coronary Artery Disease

Table 1

Medium cutoff values of strain parameters for diagnosis and prognostic assessment of coronary artery disease based on the available literature.

DiagnosisPrognosis
AcuteChronicAcuteChronic

GLS-17.82% [12, 13, 26, 27]-17.41% [37, 39, 4143]
SE: -16.75% [55, 56, 58]
-13.32% [20, 21, 6466]
GCS-17.35% [12, 19]-13% [19]-20% [69]
GRS
Regional LS-20.45% [44, 64]
Torsion1.39 degrees/cm
PSS-13.9% [73]
PALS
fwRVLS
3D strain echocardiography3D GLS: -11.75% [89, 90]
3D GAS: -21% [90]

fwRVLS: free-wall RVLS; GAS: global area strain; GCS: global circumferential strain; GLS: global longitudinal strain: GRS: global radial strain; PALS: peak atrial longitudinal strain; PSS: post systolic-shortening; SE: stress echocardiography.