Left atrial strain - an early marker of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

BACKGROUND: 2D strain imaging of the left atrium (LA) is a new echocardiographic method which allows us to determine contractile, conduit and reservoir functions separately. This method is particularly useful when changes are subtle and not easily determined by traditional parameters, as it is in ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jarasunas, Jonas, Aidietis, Audrius, Aidietiene, Sigita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6211402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30382851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-018-0147-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6211402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30382851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12947-018-0147-6

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