title: Echocardiography and a quest of the promised land of the accurate assessment of cardiac mechanics.
authors.forename: Zoran B
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Popović
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D054159:Torsion, Mechanical; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology