TY - JOUR
T1 - Myocardial Strain and Torsion Quantified by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Tissue Tagging. Studies in Normal and Impaired Left Ventricular Function
AU - Götte, Marco J.W.
AU - Germans, Tjeerd
AU - Rüssel, Iris K.
AU - Zwanenburg, Jaco J.M.
AU - Marcus, J. Tim
AU - van Rossum, Albert C.
AU - van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.
PY - 2006/11/21
Y1 - 2006/11/21
N2 - Accurate quantification and timing of regional myocardial function allows early identification of dysfunction, and therefore becomes increasingly important for clinical risk assessment, patient management, and evaluation of therapeutic efficacy. For this purpose, the application of tissue Doppler echocardiography has rapidly increased. However, echocardiography has some major inherent limitations. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging with tissue tagging provides highly reproducible data on myocardial function, not only in longitudinal and radial directions, but also in the circumferential direction. Because of the development of faster imaging protocols, improved temporal resolution, less time-consuming postprocessing procedures, and the potential of quantifying myocardial deformation in 3 dimensions at any point in the heart, this technique may serve as an alternative for tissue Doppler echocardiography and is now ready for more widespread clinical use. This review discusses the clinical use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance tissue tagging for quantitative assessment of regional myocardial function, thereby underlining the specific features and emerging role of this technique.
AB - Accurate quantification and timing of regional myocardial function allows early identification of dysfunction, and therefore becomes increasingly important for clinical risk assessment, patient management, and evaluation of therapeutic efficacy. For this purpose, the application of tissue Doppler echocardiography has rapidly increased. However, echocardiography has some major inherent limitations. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging with tissue tagging provides highly reproducible data on myocardial function, not only in longitudinal and radial directions, but also in the circumferential direction. Because of the development of faster imaging protocols, improved temporal resolution, less time-consuming postprocessing procedures, and the potential of quantifying myocardial deformation in 3 dimensions at any point in the heart, this technique may serve as an alternative for tissue Doppler echocardiography and is now ready for more widespread clinical use. This review discusses the clinical use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance tissue tagging for quantitative assessment of regional myocardial function, thereby underlining the specific features and emerging role of this technique.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2006.07.048
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2006.07.048
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17112990
SN - 0735-1097
VL - 48
SP - 2002
EP - 2011
JO - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
IS - 10
ER -