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ArticlePediatric cardiology2026

Left Atrial Size and Strain in Hypertensive Children Compared to Age-, Sex-, and Race/Ethnicity-Matched Controls.

Michelle Kaplinski, Heather Griffis, Yan Wang, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Anirban Banerjee, Michael D Quartermain, Shobha S Natarajan

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Left Atrial Strain in Pediatric Cardiology: Evidence to Date and Future Directions.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2026
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7 authors.

Michelle KaplinskiDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. mkaplinski@stanford.edu.
Heather GriffisData Science and Biostatistics Unit, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Yan WangDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Laura Mercer-RosaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Anirban BanerjeeDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Michael D QuartermainDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Shobha S NatarajanDivision of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Left atrial (LA) volume and peak longitudinal strain (LA strain) are indicators of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in adults, but little is known about LA volume and strain in pediatric patients with hypertension (HTN). We evaluated LA volume and strain in pediatric cases with HTN compared to age-, sex-, and race/ethnicity-matched controls. This was a retrospective matched case-control study of patients who presented to the HTN clinic at CHOP from 12/2011 to 9/2018. Coarctation of the aorta, cardiomyopathy or heart transplantation cases were excluded. HTN was defined by an abnormal ambulatory blood pressure result. LA volume was measured by biplane area-length method and indexed to body surface area (BSA). LA strain and strain rate were measured using TOMTEC® software. Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) was measured by M-mode and the 5/6 area-length method indexed to height

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Atrial Function, LeftHeart AtriaHypertensionAdolescentCase-Control StudiesChildEchocardiographyFemaleHeart VentriclesHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesVentricular Function, LeftHypertensionLeft atrial sizeLeft atrial strainLeft ventricular mass indexLeft ventricular strainPediatrics

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PMID39581915

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