New echocardiographic techniques for evaluation of left atrial mechanics

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 973-984

  Todaro, Maria Chiara ^a   Choudhuri, Indrajit ^b   Belohlavek, Marek ^c   Jahangir, Arshad ^d   Carerj, Scipione ^a   Oreto, Lilia ^a   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromechanical coupling; Left atrium; Mechanics; Strain

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM DYSFUNCTION; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84869380805     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes174     Document Type: Review

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