Echocardiographic quantification of myocardial function using tissue deformation imaging, a guide to image acquisition and analysis using tissue Doppler and speckle tracking-5

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Echocardiographic quantification of myocardial function using tissue deformation imaging, a guide to image acquisition and analysis using tissue Doppler and speckle tracking"</p><p>http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/content/5/1/27</p><p>Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2007;5():27-27.</p><p>Published online 30 Aug 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2000459.</p><p></p>right) or with color-map M-mode (bottom-right) the abnormal deformation pattern becomes evident, there is prestretch (blue area on M-mode and positive deflection in graph, yellow arrow) and post-systolic shortening (negative deflection after pulmonic valve closure (AVC) in the graph and late-red area on the color-coded M-mode, red arrow). 2DSE deformation imaging can be seen in the additional file (see Additional File )