Focused review


Echocardiographic strain

Sofia Prieto MD, Omid Hosseini BS, Pooja Sethi MD

ABSTRACT

Echocardiography is a readily available imaging modality used to evaluate cardiac function. Recently, the addition of strain measurements has provided additional information by evaluating the intrinsic myocardial function and detecting subclinical systolic dysfunction. As with any emerging technique or application, it is imperative to understand how the information gathered in the study can be applied to clinical practice. This review article examines how echocardiographic strain analysis can be applied to clinical practice and its use as a promising prognostic resource in many cardiovascular conditions.

Keywords: echocardiographic strain, left ventricular dysfunction, speckle tracking, myocardial dysfunction




Article citation: Prieto S, Hosseini O, Sethi P. Echocardiographic strain. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2020;8(36)58–60

From: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Submitted: 9/29/2020

Accepted: 10/6/2020

Reviewer: Scott Shurmur MD

Conflicts of interest: none

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.