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Estimating Bilateral Atrial Function by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: July 20, 2022
Left atrial function by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with severe rheumatic mitral
Vimal Mehta1, Dhanjibhai Chaudhari1, Pratishtha Mehra1
1Department of Cardiology, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, 110002, India.
Abstract:
We studied left atrial (LA) function in severe rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) patients using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). Eighty patients with isolated severe MS in sinus rhythm and 40 controls underwent comprehensive echocardiography including STE derived LA strain [reservoir strain (LASr), conduit strain (LAScd) and contractile strain (LASct)]. The mean MVA was 0.93 ± 0.21 cm2. The mean values of LASr (14.73 ± 8.59%), LAScd (-7.61 ± 4.47%) and LASct (-7.16 ± 5.15%) in patients were significantly lower (p < 0.001) vs. controls 44.11 ± 10.44%, -32.45 ± 7.63%, -11.85 ± 6.77% respectively and showed decreasing trend with increasing MS severity and higher NYHA class. In conclusion, LA dysfunction is prevalent in severe MS irrespective of NYHA functional class.
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