Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in clinical practice is generally diagnosed by imaging.
Recognition of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction has increased interest in the …

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction presents a challenging diagnosis given a
heterogeneous patient population and limited therapeutic options. Diastolic function …

Background Parameters of myocardial deformation have been suggested to be superior to
conventional measures of ventricular function and to predict outcome in repaired tetralogy of …

Cardiac stress testing improves detection and risk assessment of heart disease. Magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) is the clinical gold-standard for assessing cardiac morphology and …

Septal systolic motion is towards the left ventricle (LV) in healthy hearts. Patients with
pulmonary regurgitation (PR) and right ventricular (RV) volume overload have systolic septal …

Background Echocardiographic parameters of ventricular deformation of the systemic right
ventricle (sRV) predict adverse clinical outcome in patients after atrial repair of transposition …

Background A novel application of cine Displacement ENcoding with Stimulated Echoes
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DENSE MRI) has recently been described to assess regional …

Background Atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD) reflects longitudinal left ventricular
(LV) systolic function, and wall thickening (WT) regional radial LV function. The temporal …

Background Left ventricular function is altered during and after AMI. Regional function can
be determined by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) wall thickening, and velocity encoded …

Myocardial velocities carry important diagnostic information in a range of cardiac diseases,
and play an important role in diagnosing and grading left ventricular diastolic dysfunction …