Left Atrial Function in Preclinical Diastolic Dysfunction: Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography–Derived Results from the BEFRI Trial

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 750-758

  Brecht, Anna ^a,b   Oertelt Prigione, Sabine ^a,b   Seeland, Ute ^a,b   Rücke, Mirjam ^a   Hättasch, Robert ^a   Wagelöhner, Tobias ^a   Regitz Zagrosek, Vera ^a,b   Baumann, Gert ^a   Knebel, Fabian ^a,b   Stangl, Verena ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

2D speckle tracking; Diastolic dysfunction; LA strain; Left atrial function; Left atrial remodeling; Women

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS RHYTHM; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84964862680     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2016.03.013     Document Type: Article

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