Normal values and clinical relevance of left atrial myocardial function analysed by speckle-tracking echocardiography: multicentre study.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
; 16(4): 364-72, 2015 Apr.
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AIMS: The aim of this multicentre study was to determine the normal range and the clinical relevance of the myocardial function of the left atrium (LA) analysed by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography (2DSTE). METHODS AND RESULTS: We analysed 329 healthy adult subjects prospectively included in 10 centres and a validation group of 377 patients with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD). LA myocardial function was analysed by LA strain rate peak during LA contraction (LA-SRa) and LA strain peak during LA relaxation (LA-Strain). The range of values of LA myocardial function in healthy subjects was LA-SRa -2.11 ± 0.61 s(-1) and LA-Strain 45.5 ± 11.4%, and the lowest expected values of these LA analyses (calculated as -1.96 SD from the mean of healthy subjects) were LA-SRa -0.91 s(-1) and LA-Strain 23.1%. Concerning the clinical relevance of these LA myocardial analyses, LA-SRa and LA-Strain detected subtle LA dysfunction in patients with LVDD, even though LA volumetric measurements were normal. In addition, in these patients we found that the functional class (dyspnoea-NYHA classification) was inversely related to both LA-Strain and LA-SRa. CONCLUSION: In the present multicentre study analysing a large cohort of healthy subjects and patients with LVDD, the normal range and the clinical relevance of the myocardial function of the LA using 2DSTE have been determined.
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Asunto principal:
Interpretación de Imagen Asistida por Computador
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Ecocardiografía Doppler
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Función del Atrio Izquierdo
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Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda
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Diástole
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido