Left Atrial Strain: Clinical Use and Future Applications—A Focused Review Article
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Gergana Marincheva; Zaza Iakobishvili; Andrei Valdman; Avishag Laish-Farkash
- Source
- Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 23, Iss 5, p 154 (2022)
- Subject
- left atrial strain
echocardiography
electroanatomical voltage mapping
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1530-6550
Atrial cardiomyopathy represents a process of structural and functional changes affecting the atria and leading eventually to clinical manifestation of atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke. Multimodality imaging provides a comprehensive evaluation of atrial remodeling and plays a crucial role in the decision-making process in treatment strategy. This paper summarizes the current state of knowledge on the topic of left atrial strain imaging using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE). We focus on our recently published data on left atrial remodeling assessed by 2D-STE versus high-density voltage mapping in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).