Myocardial Work: Methodology and Clinical Applications
A precise and accurate assessment of left ventricular (LV) contractility is of utmost importance in terms of prognosis in most cardiac pathologies. Given the limitations of ejection fraction (EF) and global longitudinal strain (GLS) due to their load dependency, a novel imaging tool called myocardia...
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| author | Konstantinos Papadopoulos Özge Özden Tok Konstantina Mitrousi Ignatios Ikonomidis |
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| description | A precise and accurate assessment of left ventricular (LV) contractility is of utmost importance in terms of prognosis in most cardiac pathologies. Given the limitations of ejection fraction (EF) and global longitudinal strain (GLS) due to their load dependency, a novel imaging tool called myocardial work (MW) has emerged as a promising method for LV performance evaluation. MW is a novel, less load-dependent method based on computation of myocardial strain–arterial blood pressure curves. This method provides a more detailed assessment of segmental and global LV function incorporating the patient’s LV pressure and is derived by brachial artery pressure utilizing an empiric reference curve adjusted to the duration of the isovolumic and ejection phases as determined by echocardiography. The clinical implications of this unique method have been expanding in the last few years, which attest to the robust additive role of MW in routine practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d453d168a5dc444587679e8442a5bccb2023-11-21T11:33:45ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182021-03-0111357310.3390/diagnostics11030573Myocardial Work: Methodology and Clinical ApplicationsKonstantinos Papadopoulos0Özge Özden Tok1Konstantina Mitrousi2Ignatios Ikonomidis3European Interbalkan Medical Center, Echocardiography Laboratory, 57001 Thessaloniki, GreeceCardiology Department, Memorial Bahcelievler Hospital, 34180 Istanbul, TurkeyEuropean Interbalkan Medical Center, Echocardiography Laboratory, 57001 Thessaloniki, GreeceEchocardiography Laboratory, 2nd Cardiology Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, 12462 Athens, GreeceA precise and accurate assessment of left ventricular (LV) contractility is of utmost importance in terms of prognosis in most cardiac pathologies. Given the limitations of ejection fraction (EF) and global longitudinal strain (GLS) due to their load dependency, a novel imaging tool called myocardial work (MW) has emerged as a promising method for LV performance evaluation. MW is a novel, less load-dependent method based on computation of myocardial strain–arterial blood pressure curves. This method provides a more detailed assessment of segmental and global LV function incorporating the patient’s LV pressure and is derived by brachial artery pressure utilizing an empiric reference curve adjusted to the duration of the isovolumic and ejection phases as determined by echocardiography. The clinical implications of this unique method have been expanding in the last few years, which attest to the robust additive role of MW in routine practice.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/3/573LV performancemyocardial workspeckle trackingstrain imaging |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos Papadopoulos Özge Özden Tok Konstantina Mitrousi Ignatios Ikonomidis Myocardial Work: Methodology and Clinical Applications Diagnostics LV performance myocardial work speckle tracking strain imaging |
| title | Myocardial Work: Methodology and Clinical Applications |
| title_full | Myocardial Work: Methodology and Clinical Applications |
| title_fullStr | Myocardial Work: Methodology and Clinical Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Myocardial Work: Methodology and Clinical Applications |
| title_short | Myocardial Work: Methodology and Clinical Applications |
| title_sort | myocardial work methodology and clinical applications |
| topic | LV performance myocardial work speckle tracking strain imaging |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/3/573 |
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