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Left Atrium by Echocardiography in Clinical Practice: From Conventional Methods to New Echocardiographic Techniques
Joint Authors
Ancona, Roberta
Comenale Pinto, Salvatore
Caso, Pio
D’Andrea, Antonello
Di Salvo, Giovanni
Arenga, Fortunato
Coppola, Maria Gabriella
Sellitto, Vincenzo
Macrino, Maria
Calabrò, Raffaele
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Although often referred to as “the forgotten chamber”, compared with left ventricle (LV), especially in the past years, the left atrium (LA) plays a critical role in the clinical expression and prognosis of patients with heart and cerebrovascular disease, as demonstrated by several studies.
Echocardiographers initially focused on early detection of atrial geometrical abnormalities through monodimensional atrial diameter quantification and then bidimensional (2D) areas and volume estimation.
Now, together with conventional echocardiographic parameters, new echocardiographic techniques, such as strain Doppler, 2D speckle tracking and three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography, allow assessing early LA dysfunction and they all play a fundamental role to detect early functional remodelling before anatomical alterations occur.
LA dysfunction and its important prognostic implications may be detected sooner by LA strain than by volumetric measurements.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ancona, Roberta& Comenale Pinto, Salvatore& Caso, Pio& D’Andrea, Antonello& Di Salvo, Giovanni& Arenga, Fortunato…[et al.]. 2014. Left Atrium by Echocardiography in Clinical Practice: From Conventional Methods to New Echocardiographic Techniques. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049656
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ancona, Roberta…[et al.]. Left Atrium by Echocardiography in Clinical Practice: From Conventional Methods to New Echocardiographic Techniques. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049656
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ancona, Roberta& Comenale Pinto, Salvatore& Caso, Pio& D’Andrea, Antonello& Di Salvo, Giovanni& Arenga, Fortunato…[et al.]. Left Atrium by Echocardiography in Clinical Practice: From Conventional Methods to New Echocardiographic Techniques. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049656
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1049656