title: Right ventricular strain as a novel approach to analyze right ventricular performance in patients with heart failure.
abstract: Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) has recently applied as imaging technique to accurately evaluate right ventricular (RV) function. STE provides a non-Doppler, angle-independent and objective quantification of RV myocardial deformation. Data regarding feasibility, accuracy and clinical applications of RV strain are rapidly gathering, especially in the setting of heart failure patients. This review describes the fundamental concepts of RV-STE and discusses its emerging clinical applications, focusing on the useful of this technique in the clinical management of patients with advanced heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, cameli@cheapnet.it.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cameli
authors.forename: Francesca Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Righini
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lisi
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondillo
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*