Highlights•Noninvasive PSL analysis refines the evaluation of LV performance.•The
integration of MW components provides new insights into pathologies.•Myocardial work …

Echocardiographic imaging is ideally suited for the evaluation of cardiac mechanics
because of its intrinsically dynamic nature. Because for decades, echocardiography has …

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 …

The proposed donor heart selection guidelines provide evidence-based and expert-
consensus recommendations for the selection of donor hearts following brain death. These …

Speckle‐tracking echocardiography has recently emerged as a quantitative ultrasound
technique for accurately evaluating myocardial function by analyzing the motion of speckles …

BACKGROUND Deformation parametersdstrain and strain rate Strain is a dimensionless
quantity of myocardial deformation. The so-called Langrangian strain (e) is mathematically …

Echocardiographic strain and strain-rate imaging (deformation imaging) is a new non-
invasive method for assessment of myocardial function. Due to its ability to differentiate …

The left atrium has an important role in modulating left ventricular filling and is an important
biomarker of cardiovascular disease and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. While …

Summary...... 1034 References...... 1034 Advances since the 1998 publication of the
Recommendations for Performance and Interpretation of Stress Echocardiography 1 include …

During the past several years, strain and strain rate imaging have emerged as a quantitative
technique to accurately estimate myocardial function and contractility. Non-Doppler, 2 …