Current knowledge regarding mechanisms underlying cardiovascular complications in
patients with COVID-19 is limited and urgently needed. We shed light on a previously …

Purpose Chronic mitral regurgitation promotes left atrial (LA) remodeling. However, the
significance of LA dysfunction in the setting of ventricular functional mitral regurgitation …

Impairment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function is common amongst those with left heart
disease and is associated with significant morbidity. Given that, in simple terms, the ventricle …

Aims A byproduct of left atrial (LA) strain analysis is the automated measurement of LA
maximal volume (LAVmax), which may decrease the time of echocardiography reporting …

BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that atrial myopathy may be the underlying
pathophysiology that explains adverse cardiovascular outcomes in heart failure (HF) and …

This study aimed to investigate left atrium (LA) strain components in the assessment of
cardiac function and its clinical correlates in pre-eclampsia (PE). With the use of speckle …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) share
common risk factors, and symptoms, they potentiate each other, and together contribute to …

Left atrial (LA) strain provides incremental diagnostic and prognostic value to the
assessment of LA volume. 1 High interreader agreement in the measurement of LA strain is …

Background Left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) and circumferential strain
(GCS), and left atrial (LA) strain (LAS) are indicators of poor clinical prognosis. However, it is …

Left atrial (LA) adaptive changes associated with pre-eclampsia (PE) have not been
adequately addressed. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of LA myocardial …