Speckle tracking stress echocardiography in children: inter- and intraobserver reproducibility and the impact of echocardiographic image quality

Purpose. Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is increasingly used during functional assessments. However, reproducibility and dependence on echocardiographic image quality for speckle tracking stress echocardiography in pediatric patients have not been studied to date. Methods. 127 consecutive normotensive children …