TY - JOUR AU - Picano, Eugenio AU - Ciampi, Quirino AU - Wierzbowska-Drabik, Karina AU - Urluescu, Mădălina-Loredana AU - Morrone, Doralisa AU - Carpeggiani, Clara PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/02 TI - The new clinical standard of integrated quadruple stress echocardiography with ABCD protocol JO - Cardiovascular Ultrasound SP - 22 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The detection of regional wall motion abnormalities is the cornerstone of stress echocardiography. Today, stress echo shows increasing trends of utilization due to growing concerns for radiation risk, higher cost and stronger environmental impact of competing techniques. However, it has also limitations: underused ability to identify factors of clinical vulnerability outside coronary artery stenosis; operator-dependence; low positivity rate in contemporary populations; intermediate risk associated with a negative test; limited value of wall motion beyond coronary artery disease. Nevertheless, stress echo has potential to adapt to a changing environment and overcome its current limitations. SN - 1476-7120 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12947-018-0141-z DO - 10.1186/s12947-018-0141-z ID - Picano2018 ER -