ArticleHeart and vessels2020
Normal reference values for left atrial strains and strain rates in school children assessed using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography.
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- Impact of left ventricular ejection fraction and preoperative hemoglobin level on perioperative adverse cardiovascular events in noncardiac surgery.Heart and vessels · 2021Article
- Assessment of visit-to-visit variability in systolic blood pressure over 5 years and phasic left atrial function by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography.Heart and vessels · 2021Article
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Abstract
Left atrium (LA) function is a known predictive marker of heart failure in adults. Few reports of LA function analyses using LA strain (ɛ) and strain rate (SR) measurements in children exist. Thus, this study aimed to determine normal reference values for LA ɛ and SR in healthy school children and to investigate methods of interpreting LA function data based on maturational changes using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2DSTE). We recruited 112 healthy school children (median age 12.0 years; range 6-16 years). LA ɛ and SR were investigated using 2DSTE multi-vendor analysis software (TomTec Imaging Systems, Germany) and compared to Doppler parameters and LA volumes measured by the conventional method. The onset of the P wave was selected as the reference point for the LA ɛ analysis. Normal ranges of LA ɛ [reservoir (ɛRS), conduit (ɛCD), or contractile (ɛCT)] and positive SR (SR
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