title: [A new echocardiographic approach to evaluate myocardial function in congenital cardiopathies: strain and strain rate imaging].
abstract: Based on color Doppler methodology, regional myocardial strain rates and strain can now be calculated by comparing local myocardial velocity profiles. These deformation data sets may be an important new approach to quantifying regional function of the left or right ventricle in congenital heart disease. This review will give an introduction to the principles behind the technique and how data are acquired and processed. It will also discuss the findings of clinical studies based on this new technique.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Cardiologia, A.O. Monaldi, Napoli. giodisal@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Salvo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pacileo
authors.forename: Pio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caso
authors.forename: Maria Giovanna
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cotrufo
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calabrò
authors.forename: George R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sutherland
mesh_terms: D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D016276:Ventricular Function