Stress Echo 2030: The Novel ABCDE-(FGLPR) Protocol to Define the Future of Imaging
Authors: Picano Eugenio , Ciampi Quirino , Cortigiani Lauro , Arruda-Olson Adelaide M. , Borguezan-Daros Clarissa , de Castro e Silva Pretto José Luis , Cocchia Rosangela , Bossone Eduardo , Merli Elisa , Kane Garvan C. , Varga Albert , Agoston Gergely , Scali Maria Chiara , Morrone Doralisa , Simova Iana , Samardjieva Martina , Boshchenko Alla , Ryabova Tamara , Vrublevsky Alexander , Palinkas Attila , Palinkas Eszter D. , Sepp Robert , Torres Marco A. R. , Villarraga Hector R. , Preradović Tamara Kovačević , Citro Rodolfo , Amor Miguel , Mosto Hugo , Salamè Michael , Leeson Paul , Mangia Cristina , Gaibazzi Nicola , Tuttolomondo Domenico , Prota Costantina , Peteiro Jesus , Van De Heyning Caroline M. , D’Andrea Antonello , Rigo Fausto , Nikolic Aleksandra , Ostojic Miodrag , Lowenstein Jorge , Arbucci Rosina , Haber Diego M. Lowenstein , Merlo Pablo M. , Wierzbowska-Drabik Karina , Kasprzak Jaroslaw D. , Haberka Maciej , Camarozano Ana Cristina , Ratanasit Nithima , Mori Fabio , D’Alfonso Maria Grazia , Tassetti Luigi , Milazzo Alessandra , Olivotto Iacopo , Marchi Alberto , Rodriguez-Zanella Hugo , Zagatina Angela , Padang Ratnasari , Dekleva Milica , Djordievic-Dikic Ana , Boskovic Nikola , Tesic Milorad , Giga Vojislav , Beleslin Branko , Di Salvo Giovanni , Lorenzoni Valentina , Cameli Matteo , Mandoli Giulia Elena , Bombardini Tonino , Caso Pio , Celutkiene Jelena , Barbieri Andrea , Benfari Giovanni , Bartolacelli Ylenia , Malagoli Alessandro , Bursi Francesca , Mantovani Francesca , Villari Bruno , Russo Antonello , De Nes Michele , Carpeggiani Clara , Monte Ines , Re Federica , Cotrim Carlos , Bilardo Giuseppe , Saad Ariel K. , Karuzas Arnas , Matuliauskas Dovydas , Colonna Paolo , Antonini-Canterin Francesco , Pepi Mauro , Pellikka Patricia A. ,   The Stress Echo 2030 Study Group of the Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI)
Published: August 2021

With stress echo (SE) 2020 study, a new standard of practice in stress imaging was developed and disseminated: the ABCDE protocol for functional testing within and beyond CAD. ABCDE protocol was the fruit of SE 2020, and is the seed of SE 2030, which is articulated in 12 projects: 1-SE in coronary artery disease (SECAD); 2-SE in diastolic heart failure (SEDIA); 3-SE in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (SEHCA); 4-SE post-chest radiotherapy and chemotherapy (SERA); 5-Artificial intelligence SE evaluation (AI-SEE); 6-Environmental stress echocardiography and air pollution (ESTER); 7-SE in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (SETOF); 8-SE in post-COVID-19 (SECOV); 9: Recovery by stress echo of conventionally unfit donor good hearts (RESURGE); 10-SE for mitral ischemic regurgitation (SEMIR); 11-SE in valvular heart disease (SEVA); 12-SE for coronary vasospasm (SESPASM). The study aims to recruit in the next 5 years (2021–2025) ≥10,000 patients followed for ≥5 years (up to 2030) from ≥20 quality-controlled laboratories from ≥10 countries. In this COVID-19 era of sustainable health care delivery, SE2030 will provide the evidence to finally recommend SE as the optimal and versatile imaging modality for functional testing anywhere, any time, and in any patient.