Title Stress Echo 2030: the new ABCDE protocol defining the future of cardiac imaging /
Authors Picano, Eugenio ; Ciampi, Quirino ; Arbucci, Rosina ; Cortigiani, Lauro ; Zagatina, Angela ; Čelutkienė, Jelena ; Bartolacelli, Ylenia ; Kane, Garvan C ; Lowenstein, Jorge ; Pellikka, Patricia
DOI 10.1093/eurheartjsupp/suad008
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Is Part of European heart journal supplements.. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 2023, vol. 25, suppl C, p. 63-67.. ISSN 1520-765X. eISSN 1554-2815
Keywords [eng] chronotropic reserve ; coronary flow reserve ; echocardiography ; lung water ; stress echocardiography ; stress testing
Abstract [eng] Functional testing with stress echocardiography is based on the detection of regional wall motion abnormality with two-dimensional echocardiography and is embedded in clinical guidelines. Yet, it under-uses the unique versatility of the technique, ideally suited to describe the different functional abnormalities underlying the same wall motion response during stress. Five parameters converge conceptually and methodologically in the state-of-the-art ABCDE protocol, assessing multiple vulnerabilities of the ischemic patient. The five steps of the ABCDE protocol are (1) step A: regional wall motion; (2) step B: B-lines by lung ultrasound assessing extravascular lung water; (3) step C: left ventricular contractile reserve by volumetric two-dimensional echocardiography; (4) step D: coronary flow velocity reserve in mid-distal left anterior descending coronary with pulsed-wave Doppler; and (5) step E: assessment of heart rate reserve with a one-lead electrocardiogram. ABCDE stress echo offers insight into five functional reserves: epicardial flow (A); diastolic (B), contractile (C), coronary microcirculatory (D), and chronotropic reserve (E). The new format is more comprehensive and allows better functional characterization, risk stratification, and personalized tailoring of therapy. ABCDE protocol is an 'ecumenic' and 'omnivorous' functional test, suitable for all stresses and all patients also beyond coronary artery disease. It fits the need for sustainability of the current era in healthcare, since it requires universally available technology, and is low-cost, radiation-free, and nearly carbon-neutral.
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2023
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