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The treatment of individual patients in cardiology practice increasingly relies on advanced
imaging, genetic screening and devices. As the amount of imaging and other diagnostic …

Providing therapies tailored to each patient is the vision of precision medicine, enabled by
the increasing ability to capture extensive data about individual patients. In this position …

Myocardial strain imaging by echocardiography or cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a
powerful method to diagnose cardiac disease. Strain imaging provides measures of …

Electrical disturbances, such as atrial fibrillation (AF), dyssynchrony, tachycardia, and
premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), are present in most patients with heart failure …

Cardiac mechanics plays a crucial role in atrial and ventricular function, in the regulation of
growth and remodelling, in the progression of disease, and the response to treatment. The …

Background His-bundle pacing (HBP) and left bundle pacing (LBP) are emerging as novel
delivery methods for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients with …

Objectives: In this study, the authors tested the hypotheses that the systolic stretch index
(SSI) developed by computer modeling and applied using echocardiographic strain imaging …

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) results in an altered pattern of left ventricular (LV) activation
and subsequent contraction, causing remarkable changes in LV mechanics, perfusion and …

Objectives: This study sought to investigate how regional left ventricular (LV) function
modifies septal motion in left bundle branch block (LBBB). Background: In LBBB, the …