Left atrial function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis and pulmonary hypertension

Left atrial function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis and pulmonary hypertension

We studied left atrial (LA) function in severe rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) patients using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). Eighty patients with isolated severe MS in sinus rhythm and 40 controls underwent comprehensive echocardiography including STE derived LA strain [rese...

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Main Authors: Vimal Mehta, Dhanjibhai Chaudhari, Pratishtha Mehra, Sudhanshu Mahajan, Jamal Yusuf, Mohit D. Gupta, Sanjeev Kathuria, Safal, Pradeep Kumar Dabla, Rishi Sukhija, Saibal Mukhopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
Subjects:
Speckle tracking echocardiography
Left atrial strain
Mitral stenosis
Left atrial dysfunction
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483221004624

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