Deformation imaging of the atria using 2D strain : A noninvasive modality to characterize operating compliance?

• This viewpoint with two illustrated case summaries of biventricular and biatrial mechanical function/dysfunction emphasizes the importance of continued research in deformation imaging beyond the left ventricle, as there are no Cinderellas in the heart and we just cannot afford to be nonchalant toward the atria, particularly the right atrium.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)

Keyword

four-chamber strain

left atrial strain

right atrial strain

right ventricular strain

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

art (subject category)