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Going beyond classic echo in aortic stenosis: left atrial mechanics, a new marker of severity

BACKGROUND: There is limited information regarding left atrial (LA) mechanics in aortic valve stenosis (AS). We assessed LA mechanics in AS through speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) according to severity and prognosis. METHODS: We included 102 patients diagnosed with severe AS (sAS) and 80 pat...

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Autores principales: Marques-Alves, Patrícia, Marinho, Ana Vera, Teixeira, Rogério, Baptista, Rui, Castro, Graça, Martins, Rui, Gonçalves, Lino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31601185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1204-2