Why the study?
Routine integration of CMR strain assessment in clinical practice has been hindered by lack of agreement on imaging protocols, analysis methods, and normative reference ranges.
Design
Scientific statement integrating original research, guidelines, and expert opinions
Supports standardized CMR strain integration in practice; extends incremental utility evidence by addressing protocol variability and normative gaps.
Myocardial strain imaging enables quantification of cardiac deformation. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is well suited for strain assessment due to the ability to image in any given plane with high spatial and contrast resolution. CMR strain measures have incremental diagnostic and prognostic utility over conventional clinical imaging parameters across disease states. Routine integration of CMR strain assessment in clinical practice has been hindered by the lack of agreement on imaging protocols and analysis methods, variability due to noise sensitivity, and a paucity of robust normative age-, sex- and ethnicity-specific reference ranges. In recognition of the expanding applications of strain techniques in clinical and research CMR, this joint SCMR/RSNA/EACVI scientific statement integrates data from original research studies, guidelines, and opinions from experts across the field to guide responsible and evidence-based utilization of CMR strain.
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Gulsin et al. (2026) studied this question. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance strain techniques are outlined in a joint SCMR/RSNA/EACVI scientific statement to guide responsible and evidence-based clinical and research utilization.
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