The Investigation of Left Atrial Structure and Stroke Etiology: The I‐LASER Study

The Investigation of Left Atrial Structure and Stroke Etiology: The I‐LASER Study

Background Left atrial (LA) function is important in stroke, but often poorly characterized. We evaluated the association of 2‐dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography LA variables with stroke subtype (cardioembolic stroke [CS] or cryptogenic stroke versus other). The hypothesis is worse LA act...

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Main Authors: Michelle C. Johansen, Henrique Doria de Vasconcellos, Saman Nazarian, Joao A. C. Lima, Rebecca F. Gottesman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
arrhythmia
brain ischemia
echocardiography
left atrium
stroke
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.018766

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