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Open Access 01-12-2016 | Review

Longitudinal strain bull’s eye plot patterns in patients with cardiomyopathy and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy

Authors: Dan Liu, Kai Hu, Peter Nordbeck, Georg Ertl, Stefan Störk, Frank Weidemann

Published in: European Journal of Medical Research | Issue 1/2016

Abstract

Despite substantial advances in the imaging techniques and pathophysiological understanding over the last decades, identification of the underlying causes of left ventricular hypertrophy by means of echocardiographic examination remains a challenge in current clinical practice. The longitudinal strain bull’s eye plot derived from 2D speckle tracking imaging offers an intuitive visual overview of the global and regional left ventricular myocardial function in a single diagram. The bull’s eye mapping is clinically feasible and the plot patterns could provide clues to the etiology of cardiomyopathies. The present review summarizes the longitudinal strain, bull’s eye plot features in patients with various cardiomyopathies and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy and the bull’s eye plot features might serve as one of the cardiac workup steps on evaluating patients with left ventricular hypertrophy.

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Title: Longitudinal strain bull’s eye plot patterns in patients with cardiomyopathy and concentric left ventricular hypertrophy
Authors: Dan Liu
Kai Hu
Peter Nordbeck
Georg Ertl
Stefan Störk
Frank Weidemann
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: European Journal of Medical Research / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 2047-783X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-016-0216-y

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