Regional Ventricular and Global Atrial Strain Characteristics in Patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and
Cesar Gonzalez de Alba1, Nicholas Holzemer2, Benjamin S Frank2
1The Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. Cesar.gonzalezdealba@childrenscolorado.org.
Pediatric Cardiology
|March 2, 2026
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Keywords:
Cardiac magnetic resonanceFeature trackingGlennRight atrial strainRight ventricular strainSingle ventricle heart diseaseSpeckle trackingStage 2 palliationMore Related Videos
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