Assessment of myocardial strain and strain rate by tissue doppler echocar-diography

Abstract

The objective of the article is to review the current data on the method of quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics — assessment of myocardial strain and strain rate according to the results of the tissue Doppler echocardiography and prospects of its clinical application.

Keywords

• echocardiography
• myocardial strain
• strain rate
• tissue Doppler imaging