Advanced Cardiac Imaging using Vevo Strain 2.0

Simply stated, strain is deformation.

Strain is a more direct measurement of intrinsic myocardial contractility than global values such as ejection fraction or fractional shortening. However, the real power of cardiac strain comes in its ability to detect dysfunction earlier than standard functional parameters!

Why Should You Care About Cardiac Strain? 

• See cardiac dysfunction early!
• Evaluate myocardial rotation
• Detect regional abnormalities and tissue deformation to determine disease onset
• Evaluate longitudinal, radial, and circumferential strain 
• Measure Dyssynchrony and track disease progression

Our Vevo Strain 2.0 technology allows for advanced assessment of traditional LV functional parameters as well as global and regional wall motion abnormalities. Myocardial deformation often preceeds onset of changes in EF. Speckle-tracking strain can detect these subtle abnormalities, highlighting early myocardial dysfunction. 

New to Vevo Strain 2.0

• Investigate strain measures in the right ventricle and atria
• Get more robust speckle tracking
• Visualize contraction in the heart as a bulls-eye map
• Measure intraventricular pressure gradients using the Hemodynamic Forces tool
• Use Inward Displacement to get a more direct measure of regional dysfunction