Table 1.

The additional value of tissue deformation imaging in the field of echocardiography

Additional value	Potential utilities
Unmasking subtle pathology	Early diagnosis coronary artery disease [28] and cardiomyopathy [23]
Quantifying myocardial function	Objective assessment of regional function [29]
Visualizing timing issues	Quantification of timing within a heart cycle [30]
Detecting subtle changes over time	Therapy evaluation in patient follow-up [31]
Improving inter/intra observer variability	Increasing accuracy of stress echocardiography [32]