Morphological and functional parameters such as chamber size and function, aortic
diameters and distensibility, flow and T1 and T2* relaxation time can be assessed and …

Left ventricular (LV) twist or torsion represents the mean longitudinal gradient of the net
difference in clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the LV apex and base, as viewed …

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is established in clinical practice for the
diagnosis and management of diseases of the cardiovascular system. However, current …

Displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) was developed for high-resolution
myocardial displacement mapping. Pixel phase is modulated by myocardial displacement …

Objectives: To compare a steady-state free precession cine sequence–based technique
(feature tracking [FT]) to tagged harmonic phase (HARP) analysis for peak average …

Myocardial fibrosis is recognized as the pathologic entity of extracellular matrix remodeling.
Diffuse, reactive fibrosis is being increasingly recognized in a variety of conditions despite …

Background—The cascade of events by which early diastolic left ventricular (LV) filling
increases with exercise is not fully elucidated. Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) can detect …

PURPOSE: To present a database of systolic three-dimensional (3D) strain evolution
throughout the normal left ventricle (LV) in humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 31 …

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) tagging has been established as an essential
technique for measuring regional myocardial function. It allows quantification of local …

The left ventricle twists in systole storing potential energy and untwists (recoils) in diastole
releasing the energy. Twist aids left ventricular ejection and untwist aids relaxation and …