OVER THE PAST 3 decades, increasing use of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and/or
transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in order to guide hemodynamic management in …

THE ASSESSMENT of myocardial strain using speckle tracking has, over the last several
years, become one of the most actively investigated areas in echocardiography. The …

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY REMAINS the most accessible and dynamic imaging modality for
the assessment of cardiac function. However, current established parameters such as left …

Echocardiographic strain imaging, also known as deformation imaging, has been developed
as a means to objectively quantify regional myocardial function. First introduced as post …

We read with interest the Doan and Chaney editorial1 on left ventricular (LV) myocardial
work (MW). The authors should be congratulated for their thorough and critical summary on …

This editorial refers to 'Feasibility and reproducibility of left ventricular rotation parameters
measured by speckle tracking echocardiography'by Bas M. van Dalen et al., pp. 669 …

Preoperative cardiac function is an important predictor of postoperative outcomes. Patients
with heart failure are at higher risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Left ventricular …

Advances in speckle-tracking echocardiography allowed the rise of deformation imaging as
a feasible, robust, and valuable tool for clinical routine. The global or segmental …

In the last few years echocardiography has gained an increasing role in critical care settings
as invaluable tool for hemodynamic assessment of the unstable patient, due to its unique …

Echocardiographic estimation of segmental left ventricular (LV) contractility is routinely
accomplished through visual interpretation of endocardial motion and myocardial thickening …