STRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES TO PREDICT CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY RESPONSE: A HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON OF CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE MYOCARDIAL TAGGING, FEATURE TRACKING AND SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Abstract

Myocardial strain imaging could potentially improve patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Available techniques are CMR tagging (CMR-TAG), feature tracking (CMR-FT) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). Despite promising results per modality, a direct comparison is