The typical findings of myocardium deformation indices (MDI) in many cardiac diseases, the low cost of the echocardiographic exam, the large availability, the vast implementation of this tool for clinical practice and the prognostic value has allowed the detection of earlier myocardium dysfunction than the traditional measurement of left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. Moreover, there are typical MDI patterns in different forms of hypertrophy: decreased values in septum MDI in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) or where hypertrophy is more accentuated, or […]