Incremental Value of Strain Imaging in the Multi-Parametric Approach for Evaluation and Prediction of Right Ventricular Failure Post Left Ventricular Assist Device

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
• ² Spectrum Health Hospitals Advanced Heart Failure Clinic, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
• ³ Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
• ⁴ Section of Heart Failure and Transplantation, Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
• ⁵ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
• ⁶ Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].