Pre-clinical diastolic dysfunction (PDD) has been broadly defined as left ventricular diastolic
dysfunction without the diagnosis of congestive heart failure (HF) and with normal systolic …

BACKGROUND Deformation parametersdstrain and strain rate Strain is a dimensionless
quantity of myocardial deformation. The so-called Langrangian strain (e) is mathematically …

Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults: A Report from the
American Society of Echocardiography - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography …

Echocardiographic strain and strain-rate imaging (deformation imaging) is a new non-
invasive method for assessment of myocardial function. Due to its ability to differentiate …

The importance of the left atrium in cardiovascular performance has long been
acknowledged. Quantitative assessment of left atrial (LA) function is laborious, requiring …

Strain and strain rate (SR) are measures of deformation that are basic descriptors of both the
nature and the function of cardiac tissue. These properties may now be measured using …

During the past several years, strain and strain rate imaging have emerged as a quantitative
technique to accurately estimate myocardial function and contractility. Non-Doppler, 2 …

Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is evolving as a useful echocardiographic tool for quantitative
assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic function. Recent studies have …

Objectives: We sought to investigate the clinical prognostic value of longitudinal and
circumferential strain (S) and strain rate (SR) in patients after high-risk myocardial infarction …

Background—Strain and strain rate have been proposed as tools to quantify regional
myocardial function. One of the major pitfalls of the current methodology is its angle …