Is three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography able to identify different patterns of left atrial dysfunction in selected disorders?: Short summary of the MAGYAR-Path Study

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Oct 1:220:535-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.122. Epub 2016 Jun 24.

Authors

Attila Nemes¹, Péter Domsik², Anita Kalapos², Tamás Forster²

Affiliations

¹ 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. Electronic address: nemes.attila@med.u-szeged.hu.
² 2nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Medical Faculty, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

PMID: 27390983
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.122

No abstract available

Keywords: Echocardiography; Function; Left atrial; Speckle-tracking; Three-dimensional.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Atrial Function, Left / physiology*
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / standards*
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Atria / physiopathology*
Humans