JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA, cilt.26, sa.1, ss.26-31, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
Objectives: Two-dimensional (2D) strain imaging has been established as a reliable and reproducible technique for the assessment of left and right ventricular function using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). However, the reproducibility of transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) 2D strain imaging and the agreement with TTE 2D strain imaging remains unclear. In the present study, the authors studied the reproducibility of TEE 2D strain imaging parameters.