Left atrial regional phasic strain, strain rate and velocity by speckle-tracking echocardiography: Normal values and effects of aging in a large group of normal subjects

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3473-3479

  Sun, Jing Ping ^a,b   Yang, Ying ^a,b,c   Guo, Ran ^a,b   Wang, Dian ^a,b   Lee, Alex Pui Wai ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Lam, Yat Yin ^a,b   Fang, Fang ^a,b   Yang, Xing Sheng ^a,b   Yu, Cheuk Man ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Left atrial function; Reference values; Two dimensional strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ATRIUM PASSIVE PEAK STRAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; STRAIN RATE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886298281     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.04.167     Document Type: Article

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