2-and 3-dimensional myocardial strain in cardiac health and disease

JU Voigt, M Cvijic - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2019 - jacc.org
Advances in speckle-tracking echocardiography allowed the rise of deformation imaging as
a feasible, robust, and valuable tool for clinical routine. The global or segmental …

Invasive right ventricular pressure-volume analysis: basic principles, clinical applications, and practical recommendations

MI Brener, A Masoumi, VG Ng, K Tello… - Circulation: Heart …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Right ventricular pressure-volume (PV) analysis characterizes ventricular systolic and
diastolic properties independent of loading conditions like volume status and afterload …

A new approach to assess myocardial work by non-invasive left ventricular pressure–strain relations in hypertension and dilated cardiomyopathy

J Chan, NFA Edwards, BK Khandheria… - European Heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Non-invasive left ventricular (LV) pressure–strain loop (PSL) provides a novel method
of quantifying myocardial work (MW) with potential advantages over conventional global …

Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal non-invasive myocardial work indices: results from the EACVI NORRE study

R Manganaro, S Marchetta, R Dulgheru… - European Heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims To obtain the normal ranges for 2D echocardiographic (2DE) indices of myocardial
work (MW) from a large group of healthy volunteers over a wide range of ages and gender …

Global myocardial work is superior to global longitudinal strain to predict significant coronary artery disease in patients with normal left ventricular function and wall …

NFA Edwards, GM Scalia, K Shiino… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Noninvasive detection of functionally significant coronary artery disease (CAD)
by echocardiography remains challenging, with the need to perform stress imaging to detect …

Estimation of myocardial work from pressure–strain loops analysis: an experimental evaluation

A Hubert, V Le Rolle, C Leclercq, E Galli… - European Heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Purpose The area of left ventricular (LV) pressure–strain loop (PSL) is used as an index of
regional myocardial work. The purpose of the present work is to compare the main …

Assessment of wasted myocardial work: a novel method to quantify energy loss due to uncoordinated left ventricular contractions

K Russell, M Eriksen, L Aaberge… - American Journal …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony reduces myocardial efficiency because work performed
by one segment is wasted by stretching other segments. In the present study, we introduce a …

Imaging predictors of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: left ventricular work asymmetry by echocardiography and septal viability by cardiac magnetic …

JM Aalen, E Donal, CK Larsen, J Duchenne… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Left ventricular (LV) failure in left bundle branch block is caused by loss of septal
function and compensatory hyperfunction of the LV lateral wall (LW) which stimulates …

How to measure left ventricular myocardial work by pressure–strain loops

OA Smiseth, E Donal, M Penicka… - European Heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Myocardial work is calculated from non-invasive left ventricular pressure and strain by
speckle tracking echocardiography. Myocardial work provides diagnostic information …

Effect of tafamidis on global longitudinal strain and myocardial work in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

GT Giblin, SAM Cuddy… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims In patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), the effect of
tafamidis on myocardial function using serial speckle tracking echocardiography has not …