Left atrial imaging and detailed knowledge of its pathophysiology, especially in the context
of heart failure, have become an increasingly important clinical and research focus. This …

Three‐dimensional echocardiography can elucidate the phasic functions of the left atrium if
a simultaneous acquisition of a pyramidal full‐volume dataset, as gathered from the apical …

In this work, we present an automatic segmentation of the left atrium on computed
tomography imaging (CT). The left atrium has an important role in patients with ventricular …

Proper atrial function is essential for overall cardiovascular performance, mainly by its four
major functions, namely, bioelectrical, hormonal, metabolic and hemodynamic. With regard …

Background: In idiopathic and ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) there are differences
in left atrial and ventricular relaxation. We assessed the hypothesis of an influence of these …

La disfunción diastólica ventricular tiene una importancia demostrada en la fisiopatología de
la insuficiencia cardíaca en el paciente adulto, aunque todavía es una entidad poco …

Diagnostic and interventional cardiology have progressed far beyond simple visualisation of
coronary artery disease, and now include a fusion of various imaging modalities to evaluate …

Introdução-Os resultados favoráveis da oclusão percutânea do apêndice auricular
esquerdo (AAE) na prevenção de fenómenos tromboembólicos em doentes com fibrilhação …