Search Strategy
All articles on echocardiography methods for evaluating LV chamber
stiffness or myocardial stiffness were computer searched.
The study was medically searched
through PubMed, Web of science, combining the terms ”cardiac
echocardiography, left ventricular stiffness, left ventricular chamber
stiffness, myocardial stiffness”. In
addition, a follow-up search of all references listed in the article was
performed to find other relevant articles. Any other relevant literature
was also identified by the citation tracker.