Left Ventricular Strain-Curve Morphology to Distinguish Between Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

Abstract

The CMR-FT could distinctly differentiate CP from RCM based on LV myocardial strain and LV time-strain curve patterns. The characteristic 'plateau' pattern of the time-strain curve is specific for CP and not RCM and this curve can also be duplicated by STE.