title: Strain imaging - from Scandinavian research to global deployment.
abstract: Knowledge about myocardial function is important for diagnosis, treatment and prediction of the majority of all cardiac diseases. Ejection fraction (EF) by echocardiography has been the preferred diagnostic tool for these purposes, but do have some important limitations. Strain imaging has emerged as a relatively new and important echocardiographic method that will give cardiologists incremental and additional information to EF in several important diseases affecting the myocardium. This paper will give the readers a brief overview on how and when the clinicians can use strain imaging by echocardiography in their daily practice.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Cardiology and Center for Cardiological Innovation , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway.|b Faculty of Medicine , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway.|c Institute for Surgical Research , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Thor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Edvardsen
authors.affiliation: a Department of Cardiology and Center for Cardiological Innovation , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway.|c Institute for Surgical Research , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Sebastian I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Sarvari
authors.affiliation: a Department of Cardiology and Center for Cardiological Innovation , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway.|b Faculty of Medicine , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway.|c Institute for Surgical Research , Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway.
authors.forename: Kristina H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Haugaa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
keywords: Strain imaging; arrhythmias; cardiomyoapathies; ejection fraction; ischemic heart disease; myocardial function