Precision Phenotyping in Heart Failure and Pattern Clustering of Ultrasound Data for the Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction

Conclusions
Tracking deformation of the left-sided cardiac chambers from routine cardiac ultrasound images provides accurate information for Doppler-independent phenotypic characterization of LV diastolic function and noninvasive assessment of LV filling pressures.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging - November 6, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Omar, A. M. S., Narula, S., Abdel Rahman, M. A., Pedrizzetti, G., Raslan, H., Rifaie, O., Narula, J., Sengupta, P. P. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research