Abstract The EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to standardize deformation imaging prepared
this consensus document to standardize definitions and techniques for using two …

Background Recent advances in the assessment of myocardial function have facilitated the
direct measurement of atrial function using speckle-tracking echocardiography. Currently …

Objectives: This study sought to observe the relationship between left atrial (LA) strain and
left ventricular diastolic function and determine whether LA strain could be used to detect …

Highlights•The LA is emerging as a biomarker for evaluation of diastolic dysfunction, AF, and
HFpEF.•LA size, although routinely evaluated by 2DE, may be more accurately evaluated by …

Tissue tracking technologies such as speckle tracking echocardiography and feature
tracking cardiac magnetic resonance have enhanced the noninvasive assessment of …

Background—Left atrial (LA) enlargement is associated with adverse events in heart failure
with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, the role of LA mechanics (ie, LA strain …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac rhythm disorder. Evaluation of patients with
AF requires an electrocardiogram, but imaging techniques should be considered for defining …

Echocardiographic imaging is ideally suited for the evaluation of cardiac mechanics
because of its intrinsically dynamic nature. Because for decades, echocardiography has …

Speckle‐tracking echocardiography has recently emerged as a quantitative ultrasound
technique for accurately evaluating myocardial function by analyzing the motion of speckles …

BACKGROUND: Systemic hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus are associated with
impaired left atrial (LA) function, but whether LA functional abnormalities also occur in …