Effects of Aging on Left Atrial Function Assessed by Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Okamatsu, Kyoko ^a   Takeuchi, Masaaki ^a   Nakai, Hiromi ^a   Nishikage, Tomoko ^b   Salgo, Ivan S ^c   Husson, Stephane ^c   Otsuji, Yutaka ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Tane General Hospital   (Japan)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2D speckle tracking; Echocardiography; LA function; LA volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149099180     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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