Straining to Justify Strain Measurement⁎⁎Editorials published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging reflect the view of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging or the American College of Cardiology.

When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power.—Sir Thomas Moore ([1][1])A broad array of cardiac imaging research and technique development has been deployed in the quest to define the earliest myocardial changes of cardiomyopathy so