The authors summarize the recent developments in speckle-tracking echocardiography
(STE), a relatively new technique that can be used in conjunction with two-dimensional or …

This review is the second of two articles that focus on two dimensional speckle tracking
echocardiography (STE). While the first article described the principles of STE, this review …

BACKGROUND: The definition of normal values of left ventricular global longitudinal strain
(GLS), global circumferential strain, and global radial strain is of critical importance to the …

BACKGROUND: Indications for prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
implantation in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are based on left …

Objectives: This study sought to examine the ability of left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal
strain (GLS) to assess disease severity in patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HF) …

Abstract Background Cine Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE)
facilitates the quantification of myocardial deformation, by encoding tissue displacements in …

Aims Decreased left ventricular (LV) rotation and torsion and even reversed systolic apical
rotation have been described in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We sought to …

The accurate evaluation of left ventricular (LV) function has been central to monitoring of
therapy, institution of specific therapeutic interventions and as a prognostic marker for risk …

Abstract Evaluation of left ventricular performance improves risk assessment and guides
anesthetic decisions. However, the most common echocardiographic measure of myocardial …

Importance Myocardial deformation or strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE)
has become an established echocardiographic modality for the diagnostic and prognostic …