Echocardiographic Techniques of Deformation Imaging in the Evaluation of Maternal Cardiovascular System in Patients with Complicated Pregnancies

Figure 4

Regions of interest (dotted lines) have been traced on apical long axis, 4- and 2-chamber views. Each region of interest is divided into 6 segments for each view. The operator may accept/reject segments in case of suboptimal tracking of speckles.