ReviewIrish journal of medical science2023
Myocardial strain: a clinical review.
Review in Irish journal of medical science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Impact of Left and Right Bundle Branch Block on Left Ventricular Systolic Function and Myocardial Mechanics Assessed by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy on biventricular mechanics in cancer patients over a short-term follow-up: a systematic review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Pooled it
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for discrimination of hypertensive heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A ketogenic-promoting beverage acutely elevates cardiac function and myocardial blood flow compared to placebo in adults: A cardiac MRI investigation.Physiological reports · 2025Trial
- Automated cardiac strain estimation from short-axis DENSE and Cine MR images.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2026Article
- Echocardiography in duchenne muscular dystrophy: a call for consistency and standardisation of reporting.Echo research and practice · 2026Review
- Disease penetrance and phenotypic spectrum of desmoplakin variant carriers in the population.Heart rhythm · 2026Article
- Association of Global Longitudinal Strain With Left Ventricular Remodeling and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction After PCI: A Small Single-Center Prospective Observational Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Heart ventricular function in hospitalized patients with severe hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Cardiac impact of epilepsy: a global longitudinal strain-based evaluation.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Observational
- Association Between Regional Cardiac Radiation Dose and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Myocardial Contractility Parameters: A Prospective Pilot Study.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2026Article
- Morphological and functional echocardiographic findings in pediatric patients diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- In vitro approaches to mimic cardiac mechanical load dynamics for enhancing maturation and disease modelling.Cardiovascular research · 2025Review
- From Echo to Coronary Angiography: Optimizing Ischemia Evaluation Through Multimodal Imaging.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
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- Concomitant changes in regional myocardial deformation and intraventricular pressure gradients in normal and sedated goats: advanced multimodal echocardiographic study.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
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- Comparative impact of persistent and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation on myocardial strain: a retrospective cohort study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Reperfusion injury in STEMI: a double-edged sword.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2025Review
- Biaxial length-tension relationship in single cardiac myocytes.Biophysical journal · 2025Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMyocardial strain-change in myocardial fibre length over the cardiac cycle-is a measure of cardiac muscle function. It is obtained using conventional techniques such as echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging, adding additional clinical information to augment the current techniques.
methodsA narrative review of the current relevant literature with respect to myocardial strain, with a focus on strain measured by echocardiography.
resultsMyocardial strain identifies global and regional abnormalities in myocardial function and differentiates types of cardiomyopathy. It is an earlier marker of myocardial disease than ejection fraction and is predictive of cardiovascular adverse events. Accurate measurement requires high-quality images and experienced practitioners.
conclusionThis review explains advantages and disadvantages of myocardial strain imaging and explains why, through adding increased precision without additional burden, it should be a standard part of cardiac assessment.
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