Association between left atrial myocardial function and exercise capacity in patients with either idiopathic or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: A two-dimensional speckle strain study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-363

  D'Andrea, Antonello ^a   Caso, Pio ^b   Romano, Silvio ^a   Scarafile, Raffaella ^a   Cuomo, Sergio ^a   Salerno, Gemma ^a   Riegler, Lucia ^a   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Romano, Massimo ^c   Liccardo, Biagio ^a   Iengo, Raffaele ^d   Ascione, Luigi ^d   Del Viscovo, Luca ^a   Calabrò, Paolo ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology Monaldi Hospital Naples ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Diagnostica per Immagini Second University of Naples   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exercise capacity; Heart failure; Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; Left atrium; Strain imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CARDIAC VOLUME; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 60649084406     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.11.102     Document Type: Article

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