In the last years, major progress occurred in heart failure (HF) management. Quadruple
therapy is now mandatory for all the patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction. Whilst …

Left atrial (LA) strain has emerged as a useful parameter for the assessment of left
ventricular (LV) diastolic function and the estimation of LV filling pressures. Some have …

Nearly half of all patients with heart failure (HF) have a normal left ventricular (LV) ejection
fraction (EF) and the condition is termed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction …

Aims The concept of “atrial cardiomyopathy”(AtCM) had been percolating through the
literature since its first mention in 1972. Since then, publications using the term were …

Objectives The present study investigated the determinants of left atrial (LA) strain in all
phases of the cardiac cycle. Background LA strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography …

Arterial hypertension remains the most frequent cardiovascular (CV) risk factor, and is
responsible for a huge global burden of disease. Echocardiography is the first-line imaging …

Myocardial strain imaging by echocardiography or cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a
powerful method to diagnose cardiac disease. Strain imaging provides measures of …

Aims This study aimed to investigate the incremental value offered by left atrial reservoir
strain (LASr) to the 2016 American Society of Echocardiography/European Association of …

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 …

Background The role of left atrial (LA) strain as an imaging biomarker in aortic stenosis is not
well established. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic performance of …