Why the study?
Prognosis in cardiac disorders depends on left ventricular function, creating a need for precise estimation techniques like myocardial work, which incorporates systolic blood pressure into strain analysis.
This review provides an overview of myocardial work, a novel echocardiographic technique incorporating systolic blood pressure into strain analysis for the assessment of left ventricular systolic function.
Myocardial work may refine LV systolic assessment beyond strain; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Prognosis in cardiac disorders is determined by left ventricular (LV) function and hence, its precise estimation is of utmost importance. Myocardial work is a new advanced technique based on computation by incorporating systolic blood pressure into strain analysis. The aim of this review article is to provide an overview and additive value of this technique for the assessment of LV systolic function. The article includes the evolution of this technique from invasive to noninvasive mode, the method of acquiring and measuring it, normal reference values, its role in various cardiac conditions as described in the current literature, and potential limitations.
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