ArticleEuropean heart journal. Imaging methods and practice2024
Unveiling the reliability of left atrial strain measurement: a dedicated speckle tracking software perspective in controls and cases.
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- Automated Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Atrial Remodeling in Atrial Fibrillation Using Dynamic HeartModel and AutoStrain LA.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2026Article
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- Triplane Left Atrial Reservoir Strain in Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Comparative Study with Rhythm-Matched Controls.Clinics and practice · 2026Article
- Validation of a Manual Method for Measuring Left Atrial Reservoir Strain Against Automated Speckle Tracking Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Prognostic Implication of Left Atrial Strain Parameters with Conventional Left Atrial Parameters for the Prediction of Adverse Outcomes in Asian Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-An Echocardiographic Study.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Article
- The road less travelled: thoracic ultrasound, advanced imaging and artificial intelligence for early diagnosis of non-expandable lung in malignant pleural effusion.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025Article
- Inhomogeneity of the Left Atrial Strain.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Decreased peak atrial longitudinal strain and left atrial contraction strain rate values may predict atrial fibrillation in patients in sinus rhythm at baseline: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European heart journal open · 2025Review
- Thoracic Ultrasound for Pre-Procedural Dynamic Assessment of Non-Expandable Lung: A Non-Invasive, Real-Time and Multifaceted Diagnostic Tool.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Left Atrial Strain: State of the Art and Clinical Implications.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Assessing left atrial dysfunction in cardiac amyloidosis using LA-LV strain slope.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
Aims: Speckle tracking echocardiography increasingly supports left atrial (LA) strain (LAS) analysis for diagnosis and prognosis of various clinical conditions. Prior limitations, such as the absence of dedicated software, have been overcome by validated ventricular-based software. A newly automated real-time and offline LA-specific software have now become available on echocardiographs and dedicated workstations. This study aimed at comparing LA strain measures obtained from new fully automated software vs. traditional semi-automated ventricular-based methods in different groups of patients. Methods and results: Two operators acquired LA images in a mixed population of healthy individuals and patients with pressure overload (hypertension and aortic stenosis) or pressure-volume overload (mitral regurgitation and heart failure). Subjects with prosthetic valves, heart transplant, or atrial fibrillation were excluded. Strain analysis was performed twice by old semi-automated software and new LA dedicated. LAS was then measured online on the scanning echocardiograph. Overall, 100 patients were analysed (41 healthy subjects, 28 pressure overload, 31 volume overload). LAS proved to be highly reproducible with both software. The dedicated method exhibited slightly superior inter- and intra-operator reproducibility. The online software results showed a nearly perfect reproducibility with offline software [intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.99 [0.99; 1.00]] in addition to being able to save an average of ∼30 s. Conclusion: The recently developed fully automated software for dedicated LAS analysis demonstrates excellent inter- and intra-operator reproducibility, making it a reliable and efficient strain calculation method in routine clinical practice. Another advantage of online LAS calculation is time efficiency.
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