IMR Press / RCM / Volume 23 / Issue 5 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2305154
Open Access Review
Left Atrial Strain: Clinical Use and Future Applications—A Focused Review Article
Show Less
1 Cardiology Department, Assuta Ashdod University MC, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 7747629 Ashdod, Israel
*Correspondence: g.marincheva@gmail.com (Gergana Marincheva)
Academic Editor: Michael Henein
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022, 23(5), 154; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2305154
Submitted: 22 December 2021 | Revised: 29 January 2022 | Accepted: 3 March 2022 | Published: 26 April 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Atrial cardiomyopathy represents a process of structural and functional changes affecting the atria and leading eventually to clinical manifestation of atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke. Multimodality imaging provides a comprehensive evaluation of atrial remodeling and plays a crucial role in the decision-making process in treatment strategy. This paper summarizes the current state of knowledge on the topic of left atrial strain imaging using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE). We focus on our recently published data on left atrial remodeling assessed by 2D-STE versus high-density voltage mapping in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

Keywords
left atrial strain
echocardiography
electroanatomical voltage mapping
Figures
Fig. 1.
Share
Back to top