The recommendations listed in this guideline are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from research involving …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a versatile imaging technique for mapping the
viscoelastic properties of soft biological tissues. It has been widely used to detect liver …

Nearly half of all patients with heart failure (HF) have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection
fraction (EF) and the condition is termed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction …

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 …

The term 'mechanosensation'describes the capacity of cells to translate mechanical stimuli
into the coordinated regulation of intracellular signals, cellular function, gene expression …

Myocardial stiffness is an intrinsic property of the myocardium that influences both diastolic
and systolic cardiac function. Myocardial stiffness represents the resistance of this tissue to …

Shear wave elastography offers a new dimension to echocardiography: it measures
myocardial stiffness. Therefore, it could provide additional insights into the pathophysiology …

Ultrasound techniques currently used in echocardiography are limited by conventional
frame rates. Ultrafast ultrasound imaging is able to capture images at frame rates up to 100 …

Guidelines Liaison; cHFSA Representative; dASE Representative; eHRS Representative;
fSCMR Representative; gAATS Representative; hSCAI Representative; and iFormer Joint …

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate whether velocity of naturally occurring myocardial
shear waves (SW) could relate to myocardial stiffness (MS) in vivo. Background: Cardiac SW …