Victor Mor-Avi

TL;DR: This document provides updated normal values for all four cardiac chambers, including three-dimensional echocardiography and myocardial deformation, when possible, on the basis of considerably larger numbers of normal subjects, compiled from multiple databases.

TL;DR: Currently available techniques that allow quantitative assessment of myocardial function via image-based analysis of local myocardials dynamics, including Doppler tissue imaging and speckle-tracking echocardiography, as well as integrated backscatter analysis are described.

TL;DR: This document describes the current and potential clinical applications of these techniques and their strengths and weaknesses, briefly surveys a selection of the relevant published literature while highlighting normal and abnormal findings in the context of different cardiovascular pathologies, and summarizes the unresolved issues, future research priorities, and recommended indications for clinical use.

TL;DR: CCT provides highly reproducible measurements of left ventricular volumes, which are significantly larger than CMR values, albeit with higher variability.

TL;DR: The RT3DE-derived LV volumes are underestimated in most patients because RT3de imaging cannot differentiate between the myocardium and trabeculae, and with the understanding of these intermodality differences,RT3DE quantification of LV volume is a reliable tool that provides clinically useful information.