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ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2022

Left atrial function analysis in patients in sinus rhythm, normal left ventricular function and indeterminate diastolic function.

Ibrahim Marai, Matan Shimron, Lynne Williams, Eevgeni Hazanov, Wadia Kinany, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Offer Amir, Shemy Carasso

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Ibrahim Marai *The Lidya and Carol Kittner, Lea and Benjamin Davidai Cardiovascular Division, Poriya Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel.
Matan Shimron *The Lidya and Carol Kittner, Lea and Benjamin Davidai Cardiovascular Division, Poriya Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel.
Lynne WilliamsDepartment of Cardiology, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Eevgeni HazanovThe Lidya and Carol Kittner, Lea and Benjamin Davidai Cardiovascular Division, Poriya Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel.
Wadia KinanyThe Lidya and Carol Kittner, Lea and Benjamin Davidai Cardiovascular Division, Poriya Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel.
Liza Grosman-RimonThe Lidya and Carol Kittner, Lea and Benjamin Davidai Cardiovascular Division, Poriya Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1456-6083
Offer AmirThe Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, 8 Henrietta Szold street, Safed, Israel.
Shemy CarassoThe Lidya and Carol Kittner, Lea and Benjamin Davidai Cardiovascular Division, Poriya Medical Center, Lower Galilee, Israel. SCarasso@poria.health.gov.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9582-770X
Bar-Ilan University · ILPapworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GB

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Abstract

Assessment of diastolic function by echocardiography may be indeterminate as demonstrated in previous studies where diastolic measurement is a discrepant. We aimed to assess whether left atrial (LA) function may contribute to left ventricle filling evaluation in patients with indeterminate diastolic function (IndtDFx). This retrospective study included 3 groups of patients based on diastolic function: normal diastolic function (NDFx), definite diastolic dysfunction (DDFx) and IndtDFx. All patients had sinus rhythm with left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 45%. Diastolic function was determined according to the following echocardiographic parameters: mitral E', mitral E/E' ratio, LA maximal volume index, and pulmonary pressure. NDFx was defined as having less than 2 abnormal parameters, DDFx as more than 2 abnormal parameters, and IndtDFx as 2 abnormal parameters. LA function analysis was performed in all patients using echocardiographic 2D speckle tracking. Sixty seven patients were included in strain analysis. The DDFx group (n = 21) and IndtDFx (n = 19) were significantly different from NDFx (27) in some demographics, cardiovascular risk factors, presentation and echocardiographic parameters. Some of the phasic LA function (phasic LA volumes and strains) parameters in the IndtDFx group were similar to DDFx and significantly different from the NDFx group, while other parameters fell in between the two groups. Phasic LA minimal volume index was found to be associated with heart failure symptoms. The IndtDFx group is a heterogeneous group demonstrating clinical and echocardiographic profiles that closely resemble that of DDFx group. LA phasic function analysis may help in re-classification of patients with IndtDFx as actual DDFx or as NDFx.

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Ventricular Dysfunction, LeftVentricular Function, LeftAtrial Function, LeftHeart AtriaHumansPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesStroke VolumeCardiac functionEchocardiographyHeart failureLeft atrial mechanicsLeft ventricular diastolic dysfunction

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