Perioperative echocardiographic strain analysis: what anesthesiologists should know.

Costescu, Adrian; Riendeau Beaulac, Geneviève; Guensch, Dominik P; Lalancette, Jean-Simon; Couture, Pierre; Denault, André Y (2024). Perioperative echocardiographic strain analysis: what anesthesiologists should know. Canadian journal of anesthesia / Journal canadien d'anesthesie, 71(5), pp. 650-670. Springer 10.1007/s12630-024-02713-5

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PURPOSE

Echocardiographic strain analysis by speckle tracking allows assessment of myocardial deformation during the cardiac cycle. Its clinical applications have significantly expanded over the last two decades as a sensitive marker of myocardial dysfunction with important diagnostic and prognostic values. Strain analysis has the potential to become a routine part of the perioperative echocardiographic examination for most anesthesiologist-echocardiographers but its exact role in the perioperative setting is still being defined.

CLINICAL FEATURES

This clinical report reviews the principles underlying strain analysis and describes its main clinical uses pertinent to the field of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine. Strain for assessment of left and right ventricular function as well as atrial strain is described. We also discuss the potential role of strain to aid in perioperative risk stratification, surgical patient selection in cardiac surgery, and guidance of anesthetic monitor choice and clinical decision-making in the perioperative period.

CONCLUSION

Echocardiographic strain analysis is a powerful tool that allows seeing what conventional 2D imaging sometimes fails to reveal. It often provides pathophysiologic insight into various cardiac diseases at an early stage. Strain analysis is readily feasible and reproducible thanks to the use of highly automated software platforms. This technique shows promising potential to become a valuable tool in the arsenal of the anesthesiologist-echocardiographer and aid in perioperative risk-stratification and clinical decision-making.

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