Relationship between the strain measures of left atrial function and heart failure worsening.
Davide DiomedeErica TerazziNicolangelo DiomedeGianmarco AlcidiRosanna PuglieseSara IoannoniMatteo RomanoMichele GranatieroVito Di TerlizziMichele CorrealeMatteo Di BiaseNatale Daniele BrunettiMassimo IacovielloPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2023)
In CHF patients, the measure of the LA reservoir and contraction by 2D-STE is independently associated with heart failure worsening, but the accuracy in predicting the events is even greater when the reservoir is combined with the Doppler measures of diastolic function.