Immediate, short-term, and long-term effects of balloon mitral valvuloplasty on the left atrial global longitudinal strain and its correlation to the outcomes in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis

Immediate, short-term, and long-term effects of balloon mitral valvuloplasty on the left atrial global longitudinal strain and its correlation to the outcomes in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis

Abstract Background Left atrial global longitudinal strain (LA GLS) has been used as a new assessment tool for left atrial function. This article aims to investigate the effect of balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis on LA GLS and its relation to the m...

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Main Authors: Amr Setouhi, Hesham Boshra, Hany Askalany, Hazem M. A. Farrag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-12-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
Subjects:
Balloon mitral valvuloplasty
Speckle tracking echocardiography
BMV
Global longitudinal left atrial strain
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43044-023-00425-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43044-023-00425-7

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