Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is a second-level echocardiographic technique
which has gradually gained relevance in the last years. It allows semi-automatic …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive disease in which there is a
persistent, abnormal increase in pulmonary artery pressure. Symptoms of pulmonary …

Background Sepsis is a frequently lethal state, commonly associated with left ventricular
(LV) dysfunction. Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in sepsis is less well understood …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is highly heterogeneous and despite treatment advances it
remains a life-shortening condition. There have been significant advances in imaging …

Background Right ventricular (RV) failure in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) is
associated with unfavorable clinical events and a poor prognosis. Elevation of right atrial …

Background Right ventricular (RV) strain has emerged as an accurate tool for RV function
assessment and is a powerful predictor of survival in patients with heart failure with reduced …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a hemodynamic condition characterized by chronically
elevated mean pulmonary artery pressure (m-PAP≥ 25 mmHg) measured at rest by right …

Background Right ventricular (RV) systolic strain has recently demonstrated prognostic
value in various cardiovascular diseases. Despite this, the reference range including the …

The landscape of pulmonary hypertension (PH) has changed significantly since the last
Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Thoracic Society position statement in 2005 …

Background Strain values vary with age in children and are both vendor and platform
specific. Philips QLAB 10.8 and TomTec AutoSTRAIN are two widely used strain analysis …