Strain rate and strain: a step-by-step approach to image and data acquisition.
The advent of strain and strain rate imaging in clinical echocardiography prompted an examination of proper techniques for image acquisition and analysis. For this promising and relatively new method of assessing myocardial performance to be successful in diagnostic echocardiography, close adherence to a standardized method is imperative. This article provides the echocardiographer with a step-by-step approach.
Gilman
Gregory
G
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Khandheria
Bijoy K
BK
Hagen
Mary E
ME
Abraham
Theodore P
TP
Seward
James B
JB
Belohlavek
Marek
M
D000465:Algorithms; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*