Doing the twist: taking assessment of LV function beyond ejection fraction

Echocardiography methods for assessing Left Ventricular (LV) function that go beyond ejection fraction (EF) need to be introduced routinely into clinical practice, says Otto Smiseth. The widespread introduction of Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography (STE) to measure myocardial velocity, strain and twist, he stresses, would greatly improve the evaluation of the left ventricle in conditions such as heart failure.Read more Topics: Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear
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