Left atrial strain is associated with distinct inflammatory and immune profile in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia

Abstract Introduction SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with multiple cardiac manifestations. Left atrial strain (LA-S) by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) is a novel transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) measure of LA myocardial deformation and diastolic dysfunction, which could lead to earl...

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Main Authors: Filipe André Gonzalez, Miguel Ângelo-Dias, Catarina Martins, Rui Gomes, Jacobo Bacariza, Antero Fernandes, Luis Miguel Borrego, EchoCrit Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-01-01
Series:The Ultrasound Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00302-5