Left atrial regional phasic strain, strain rate and velocity by speckle-tracking echocardiography: normal values and effects of aging in a large group of normal subjects--our reply

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Jun 1;174(1):219-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.008. Epub 2014 Apr 12.

Authors

Roxana Cristina Rimbaş¹, Dragoş Vinereanu²

Affiliations

¹ University and Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania. Electronic address: roxanasisu@gmail.com.
² University and Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania.

PMID: 24767128
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Left atrial function; Phasic function; Speckle tracking echocardiography.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aging / physiology*
Atrial Function, Left / physiology*
Echocardiography / methods*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male