LA Strain When Ejection Fraction Is Preserved: A New Measure of Diastolic Function?

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Jul;10(7):744-746. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.09.018. Epub 2016 Dec 21.

Authors

Scott D Solomon¹, Tor Biering-Sørensen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: ssolomon@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Cardiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 28017382
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.09.018

No abstract available

Keywords: diastolic dysfunction; echocardiographic speckle tracking; left atrium; strain imaging.

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MeSH terms

Atrial Function, Left
Diastole*
Stroke Volume*