Normal Ranges of Left Atrial Strain by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 59-70.e8

  Pathan, Faraz ^a   D'Elia, Nicholas ^a   Nolan, Mark T ^a   Marwick, Thomas H ^a,b   Negishi, Kazuaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial; Meta analysis; Normal range; Strain

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EMBASE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCOPUS; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VELOCITY; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ATRIUM; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 85006056402     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2016.09.007     Document Type: Article

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