Joint scientific statement addresses CMR myocardial strain acquisition, analysis and reporting

A joint SCMR/RSNA/EACVI scientific statement published in European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging addresses the applications, acquisition techniques, analysis and reporting of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)-derived myocardial strain. Strain imaging quantifies cardiac deformation, and CMR supports this assessment through imaging in arbitrary planes with high spatial and contrast resolution. The statement integrates original research, guidelines and expert opinion rather than reporting a new patient cohort.

According to the abstract, CMR strain measurements provide incremental diagnostic and prognostic information beyond conventional clinical imaging parameters across disease states. However, routine clinical adoption has been limited by disagreement on imaging protocols and analysis methods, noise-related measurement variability, and a shortage of robust age-, sex- and ethnicity-specific reference ranges.

The statement aims to support responsible, evidence-based use of CMR strain in clinical practice and research. Only the abstract was available for this update; specific recommendations, quantitative performance estimates and disease-specific evidence could not be assessed.