Early detection of left atrial energy loss and mechanics abnormalities in diabetic patients with normal left atrial size: A study combining vector flow mapping and tissue tracking echocardiography

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 958-968

  Wang, Yi ^a,b   Hou, Dailun ^c   Ma, Rongchuan ^b   Ding, Geqi ^b   Yin, Lixue ^b   Zhang, Mei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANDONG PROVINCIAL CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Echocardiography; Energy transfer; Heart atria; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL ENERGY LOSS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLE; TISSUE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VECTOR FLOW MAPPING; BIOMECHANICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84961718083     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.897385     Document Type: Article

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