LV rotational mechanics in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy compared to healthy individuals: Experience from the European CMR Registry

Background Left ventricular rotation is an important part of myocardial mechanics during the cardiac cycle. Understanding the mechanisms of LV rotation in different cardiac diseases could play an important role for diagnosis, risk stratification and prediction of heart failure. We sought to analyze LV rotation using the feature tracking technique in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) included in the European CMR Registry.