ReviewJournal of echocardiography2025
Clinical utility of the left atrial strain analysis.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Predictive accuracy of left atrial strain parameters for risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Prognostic significance of left atrial reservoir strain during exercise in patients with heart failure.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2026Article
- Article
- Prognostic value of left atrial reservoir strain for major adverse cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease.Journal of echocardiography · 2026Review
- Isolated increases in tricuspid regurgitation velocity during exercise in dyspneic patients without risks for pulmonary hypertension.Journal of echocardiography · 2026Article
- Quantitative evaluation of left atrial function via two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with different grades of hypertension.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Explainable machine learning for estimation of elevated left ventricular filling pressure: a multicenter validation.Journal of echocardiography · 2026Article
- Risk of Stroke, Thromboembolism and Mortality in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Across Different Stages and Types of Heart Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Left atrial stiffness as a predictor of one-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.Journal of echocardiography · 2026Article
- Beyond the Valve Itself: Extra-valvular Phenotyping in Mitral Stenosis: A Novel Pathophysiology-driven Echocardiographic Staging System.European cardiology · 2026Review
- Multimodal echocardiographic techniques in the diagnosis of cardiac tumors: applications and recent advances.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Association between nocturnal blood pressure dipping patterns and left atrial reservoir strain in untreated adults with office-defined grade 1 essential hypertension.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Preventing atrial fibrillation with SGLT2 inhibitors: time, sex, and substrate.European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy · 2025Article
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Abstract
The importance of left atrial (LA) function is recognized, especially when left ventricular function fails or atrial fibrillation occurs and heart failure (HF) develops. A compensatory mechanism of LA function unremittingly operates to maintain cardiac performance and prevent the occurrence of HF. LA function consists of three components: booster pump, reservoir, and conduit function. Echocardiography enables assessment of these components of LA function by LA volumetric changes in one cardiac cycle. Currently, LA strain has emerged as a valuable diagnostic and prognostic tool in patients with various cardiovascular diseases. An aging society is confronted with an issue of public health due to an increased number of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Because effective medical and interventional approaches for patients with HFpEF are limited, early diagnosis and prevention are important to avoid a transition from preclinical HF stage to clinically overt HFpEF. Echocardiography with LA strain analysis and exercise stress echocardiography have the potential to identify patients with undiagnosed HFpEF, thus facilitating several preventive and therapeutic interventions. In this review, the development, measurement, and clinical application of LA strain are summarized and future perspectives in preventive medicine, accurate diagnosis, and therapeutic guidance for patients with HF are discussed.
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