Incremental value of left atrial active function measured by speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Kaori FujimotoKatsuji InoueMakoto SaitoHaruhiko HigashiTamami KonoTeruyoshi UetaniJun AonoTakayuki NagaiKazuhisa NishimuraJun SuzukiTakafumi OkuraShuntaro IkedaSatoshi NakataniJitsuo Higaki

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)

Loss of LA active function was associated with increased cardiac events in patients with HCM.

Keyphrases

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
left ventricular
left atrial
mitral valve
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
computed tomography
catheter ablation