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Title: | Vendor differences in 2D-speckle tracking global longitudinal strain: an update on a 10-year standardization effort | Authors: | Balinisteanu, Anca DUCHENNE, Jürgen Puvrez, Alexis Wouters , Laurine Bezy, Stephanie Youssef, Ahmed Minten, Lennert BEKHUIS, Youri Van Langenhoven, Leen Papangelopoulou, Konstantina Cieplucha, Aleksandra Cattapan, Irene Tostes, Paulo Bogaert, Jan Vinereanu, Dragos Thomas, James D. Badano, Luigi P. Voigt, Jens-Uwe |
Issue Date: | 2025 | Publisher: | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Source: | European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging, | Status: | Early view | Abstract: | Aims To assess the inter-vendor differences in global longitudinal strain measurements and determine a potential improvement compared with the situation 10 years ago. Methods and results 372 echocardiographic exams were performed in 62 subjects (50 male, age 56 +/- 17) with LV ejection fraction ranging from 30% to 68%, using ultrasound systems from six manufacturers: GE, Philips, Canon, Siemens, Fujifilm and Esaote. Each subject was scanned consecutively on all machines by the same assigned sonographer, with two image sets per subject to assess test-retest setting reproducibility. Average peak systolic global strain from the three apical views (GLS(AV)) was measured on three vendor-specific (Canon, Siemens, and Fujifilm) and six vendor-agnostic (GE, Philips, US2.AI, Caas Qardia, Medis, and Epsilon) software solutions (SWS). Endocardial and mid-/full-wall GLS were measured and compared with the mean GLS of contemporary semi-automated clinical software: GE, Philips, Canon, Fujifilm, and Caas Qardia. Endocardial and mid-/full-wall GLS measurements from contemporary semi-automated clinical software showed minimal inter-vendor differences, with an average maximum bias of 0.6% strain units. There was a remaining inter-vendor bias with and among some other vendors. The average minimal detectable change with contemporary semi-automated clinical software was 2.5 and 2.4 strain% for endocardial and mid-/full-wall GLS, resp. These values were higher for and among some other vendors. Test-retest variability of GLS measurements was good and similar to that of LV ejection fraction (6.6% vs. 6.5%, P > 0.05), indicating consistent results across repeated scans. Conclusion In this controlled study setting, GLS measurements from companies that provide contemporary semi-automated clinical software have become more consistent, compared with 10 years ago. Mid-/full-wall strain was now available in all but one software. | Notes: | Voigt, JU (corresponding author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Cardiovasc Sci, Herestr 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. jens-uwe.voigt@uzleuven.be |
Keywords: | strain;speckle-tracking echocardiography;inter-vendor;left ventricle;standardization | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/46183 | ISSN: | 2047-2404 | e-ISSN: | 2047-2412 | DOI: | 10.1093/ehjci/jeaf155 | ISI #: | 001499345900001 | Rights: | The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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