Do left atrial strain and strain rate reflect intrinsic atrial function, or are they determined by left ventricular function?

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 539-548

  Margulescu, Andrei Dumitru ^a   Rees, Emma ^b   Coulson, Rose Marie ^c   Rees, Aled D ^c   Vinereanu, Dragos ^a   Fraser, Alan G ^d  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial function; Speckle tracking; Strain; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL STRAIN; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRAIN RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84937140863     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 18974279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/KP.a2015.0035     Document Type: Article

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