Key Points
- This review aims to explore various cardiac magnetic resonance techniques for assessing myocardial deformation and biventricular function.
- Comprehensive review of cardiac magnetic resonance techniques for myocardial deformation assessment.
- Evaluation of clinical applications of these techniques in identifying regional myocardial impairment.
- Comparison of objective and subjective approaches to LV and RV function assessment.
- Identified limitation of ejection fraction as a global function measure, particularly in late-stage cardiac disease.
- Highlighted substantial error rates in subjective wall motion assessments.
- Showcased the potential of newer techniques to improve quantification of global and regional myocardial function.
Structured PICO
IInterventionCardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) strain imaging techniques for assessing myocardial deformation
This review provides a comprehensive overview of cardiac magnetic resonance techniques for assessing myocardial deformation and their clinical applications.