The prevalence of heart failure is on the rise and imposes a major health threat, in part, due
to the rapidly increased prevalence of overweight and obesity. To this point …

Myocardial tissue tracking imaging techniques have been developed for a more accurate
evaluation of myocardial deformation (ie strain), with the potential to overcome the …

Nearly half of all patients with heart failure (HF) have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection
fraction (EF) and the condition is termed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction …

Strain-based imaging techniques (and specifically speckle-tracking echocardiography) have
been shown to have clinical utility in a variety of settings. This technique is being embraced …

Acromegaly is a chronic systemic disease with many complications and is associated with
increased mortality when not adequately treated. Substantial advances in acromegaly …

Myocardial strain is a principle for quantification of left ventricular (LV) function which is now
feasible with speckle-tracking echocardiography. The best evaluated strain parameter is …

Background Recent advances in the assessment of myocardial function have facilitated the
direct measurement of atrial function using speckle-tracking echocardiography. Currently …

Background This study was planned by the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to Standardize
Deformation Imaging to (1) test the variability of speckle-tracking global longitudinal strain …

Tissue tracking technology of routinely acquired cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)
cine acquisitions has increased the apparent ease and availability of non-invasive …

Objectives: This study sought to determine the frequency and magnitude of impaired systolic
deformation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Background: Although …