Speckle-tracking strain of the left atrium: A transoesophageal echocardiographic validation study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 898-905

  Leong, Darryl P ^a,b,c,d,e   Penhall, Amy ^b,c   Perry, Rebecca ^b,c   Shirazi, Mitra ^d,e   Altman, Mikhail ^b,c   Chong, David ^b,c   Bradley, Julie ^d,e   Joseph, Majo X ^b,c   Selvanayagam, Joseph B ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Left atrial function; Left atrial strain; Left atrial strain rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION; LEFT ATRIAL STRAIN; LEFT ATRIAL STRAIN RATE;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84882369015     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes323     Document Type: Article

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