… Understanding how these measurements (eg volume changes and muscle deformation) are
related to cardiac function and what their limitations are is crucial for their appropriate use in …

… Myocardial deformation analysis, which performs quantitative assessment of … myocardial
function, may be useful for perioperative care of surgical patients. Myocardial deformation …

… This paper discusses regional myocardial deformation and motion, studied in different (…
It will be shown that regional deformation at rest, combined with observations during a …

… altered myocardial structure is unclear. In the present study, we compared cardiac function
and myocardial … , patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and patients with dilated …

… important to address when assessing cardiac function and how (regional) deformation and
… and deformation. In a lot of cardiac pathologies, the reduction in myocardial deformation …

… no obvious changes in global cardiac function and therefore has limited diagnostic value. …
LV myocardial deformation imaging gives additional information about the degree of cardiac …

… value of myocardial deformation imaging for improvement in cardiac function after
revascularization therapy in comparison with contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance …

… of regional LV function. In the current study, we recorded regional LV myocardial strain and
… in patients with cardiovascular risk factors and preserved LV pump function using 2D strain …

… Conventional techniques for the assessment of cardiac function on the basis of M-mode or
2… global ventricular function only. Newer techniques, which analyze myocardial performance, …

… in the analysis of myocardial viability in patients with … of myocardial deformation analysis
by two-dimensional (2D) STE for the prediction of global and segmental changes in LV function …