Radial strain
by Nanda Navin C, Karakus Gültekin, Degirmencioglu Aleks

Manual of Echocardiography

by Navin C Nanda, Gültekin Karakuş, Aleks Değirmencioğlu
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This video clip shows radial thickening of the myocardium during systole. In the end-diastolic frame on the left, the myocardial thickness is 1.6 cm and increases to 2.3 cm in end systole as depicted on the right; hence, the radial strain will be +43.7% (Movie clip courtesy of Toshiba Medical Systems Europe BV).

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