Speckle‐tracking echocardiography has recently emerged as a quantitative ultrasound
technique for accurately evaluating myocardial function by analyzing the motion of speckles …

The routine and potential future applications of equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography/
multigated acquisition (MUGA) in clinical decision making are explored in this review. The …

Aims In a time of controversy regarding the use of echocardiography for assessment of left
ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony and prediction of response to cardiac resynchronization …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to describe the normal values for strain (S),
systolic strain rate (SRs) and synchrony by speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) in …

Background: Echocardiographic speckle tracking strain has gained clinical importance.
However, the comparability of measurements between different software systems is not well …

The aim was to investigate the effect of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) on right
ventricular (RV) function in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Twenty-six …

Background Although quantitative right ventricular (RV) strain analysis may be useful in
congenital and acquired heart disease populations with RV failure, a comprehensive …

Background Right ventricular (RV) function is an independent predictor of clinical outcomes
in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, it remains controversial …

Background: We sought to identify the feasibility of speckle tracking echocardiography (STE)
to predict cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) responders in a prospective multicenter …

Background Myocardial tagging using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is the
gold-standard for the assessment of myocardial mechanics. Feature-tracking cardiovascular …