Evaluation of Left and Right Atrial Function in Patients with Coronary Slow-Flow Phenomenon Using Two-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 871-880

  Wang, Yonghuai ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Ma, Chunyan ^a   Guan, Zhengyu ^a   Liu, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Weixin ^a   Li, Yuling ^a   Yang, Jun ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

atrium; coronary artery; echocardiography; strain and strain rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIAC CONDUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY SLOW FLOW PHENOMENON; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATRIAL FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84958793815     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.13197     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Tambe AA, Demany MA, Zimmerman HA, et al: Angina pectoris and slow flow velocity of dye in coronary arteries–a new angiographic finding. Am Heart J 1972;84:66–71.
2. Baykan M, Baykan EC, Turan S, et al: Assessment of left ventricular function and Tei index by tissue Doppler imaging in patients with slow coronary flow. Echocardiography 2009;26:1167–1172.
3. Sezgin AT, Topal E, Barutcu I, et al: Impaired left ventricle filling in slow coronary flow phenomenon: An echo-Doppler study. Angiology 2005;56:397–401.
4. Wang Y, Ma C, Zhang Y, et al: Assessment of left and right ventricular diastolic and systolic functions using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with coronary slow-flow phenomenon. PLoS One 2015;10:e0117979.
5. Abhayaratna WP, Fatema K, Barnes ME, et al: Left atrial reservoir function as a potent marker for first atrial fibrillation or flutter in persons > or = 65 years of age. Am J Cardiol 2008;101:1626–1629.
6. Marechaux S: Speckle-tracking strain echocardiography: Any place in routine daily practice in 2014? Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2013;106:629–634.
7. Altekin RE, Yanikoglu A, Karakas MS, et al: Assessment of left atrial dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea patients with the two dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography. Clin Res Cardiol 2012;101:403–413.
8. To AC, Flamm SD, Marwick TH, et al: Clinical utility of multimodality LA imaging: Assessment of size, function, and structure. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2011;4:788–798.
9. Liu S, Ma C, Ren W, et al: Left atrial systolic and diastolic dysfunction in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis: A study using speckle tracking and conventional echocardiography. PLoS One 2013;8:e68718.
10. Gibson CM, Cannon CP, Daley WL, et al: TIMI frame count: A quantitative method of assessing coronary artery flow. Circulation 1996;93:879–888.
11. Pasqui AL, Puccetti L, Di Renzo M, et al: Structural and functional abnormality of systemic microvessels in cardiac syndrome X. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2005;15:56–64.
12. Nie SP, Geng LL, Wang X, et al: Can transthoracic Doppler echocardiography be used to detect coronary slow flow phenomenon? Chin Med J (Engl) 2010;123:3529–3533.
13. Lang RM, Badano LP, Mor-Avi V, et al: Recommendations for cardiac chamber quantification by echocardiography in adults: An update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2015;16:233–270.
14. Rudski LG, Lai WW, Afilalo J, et al: Guidelines for the echocardiographic assessment of the right heart in adults: a report from the American society of echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010;23:685–713.
15. Nagueh SF, Appleton CP, Gillebert TC, et al: Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography. Eur J Echocardiogr 2009;10:165–193.
16. Saraiva RM, Demirkol S, Buakhamsri A, et al: Left atrial strain measured by two-dimensional speckle tracking represents a new tool to evaluate left atrial function. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010;23:172–180.
17. Mor-Avi V, Lang RM, Badano LP, et al: Current and evolving echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics: ASE/EAE consensus statement on methodology and indications endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2011;24:277–313.
18. Beltrame JF, Limaye SB, Horowitz JD: The coronary slow flow phenomenon–a new coronary microvascular disorder. Cardiology 2002;97:197–202.
19. Hawkins BM, Stavrakis S, Rousan TA, et al: Coronary slow flow–prevalence and clinical correlations. Circ J 2012;76:936–942.
20. Cameli M, Lisi M, Focardi M, et al: Left atrial deformation analysis by speckle tracking echocardiography for prediction of cardiovascular outcomes. Am J Cardiol 2012;110:264–269.
21. Kim DG, Lee KJ, Lee S, et al: Feasibility of two-dimensional global longitudinal strain and strain rate imaging for the assessment of left atrial function: A study in subjects with a low probability of cardiovascular disease and normal exercise capacity. Echocardiography 2009;26:1179–1187.
22. Boyd AC, Richards DA, Marwick T, et al: Atrial strain rate is a sensitive measure of alterations in atrial phasic function in healthy ageing. Heart 2011;97:1513–1519.
23. Yan P, Sun B, Shi H, et al: Left atrial and right atrial deformation in patients with coronary artery disease: A velocity vector imaging-based study. PLoS One 2012;7:e51204.
24. Agoston-Coldea L, Lupu S, Hicea S, et al: Left atrium systolic and diastolic function assessment in hypertensive patients with preserved ejection fraction. Acta Physiol Hung 2013;100:140–152.
25. Gaynor SL, Maniar HS, Prasad SM, et al: Reservoir and conduit function of right atrium: Impact on right ventricular filling and cardiac output. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005;288:H2140–H2145.
26. Suga H: Importance of atrial compliance in cardiac performance. Circ Res 1974;35:39–43.
27. Willens HJ, Fertel DP, Qin J, et al: Effects of age and pulmonary arterial hypertension on the different phases of right atrial function. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2008;24:703–710.