conclusions this study indicated that the rv systolic strain and strain rate can be used to detect early rv systolic dysfunction in ssc patients without pulmonary hypertension. these parameters may be useful for the provision of a more adequate management of ssc patients. results in the ssc patients, the rv strain (- 19 ± 10 vs. - 25 ± 4 %; p = 0.004) and the systolic strain rate (- 1.3 ± 0.5 v...

conclusion a higher magnetic field strength and a decrease in the hr resulted in an increase in body temperature during the mri procedure. results our investigation of the physiological response to rf heating indicated a link between increasing age and body temperature. a higher increase in body temperature was observed in older patients after a 3.0-t mri (r = 0.07, p = 0.29 for 1.5-t mri; r = ...

The non-invasive assessment of regional myocardial function is an important goal in clinical cardiology. To this extent, strain rate imaging has been introduced. Current strain rate methodology has been validated and has been shown to be clinically applicable. However, it is associated with some intrinsic limitations. This paper discusses some new approaches towards ultrasonic strain rate estim...

conclusions echocardiography and 2d speckle tracking strain imaging shows improvements in left ventricular deformation indices in atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (avrt) and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (avnrt) patients for the mean systolic strain and strain rate at 24 hours and the three-month follow-up. in spite of the normal lvef, even during sinus rhythm, deformation ...