New 4D imaging may detect poor pumping in deadly heart disease

Cardiac strain is a measurement that shows how well the heart muscle can move. — Dreamstime/TNS

In a new study, Mayo Clinic researchers found that a novel 4D echo imaging method that measures cardiac strain may detect subtle changes in the heart's dysfunction during acute myocarditis, a deadly heart disease.

In addition, they were able to describe heart functional differences by sex using the technology in a preclinical model.