Left atrial strain by speckle tracking predicts atrial fibrosis in patients undergoing heart transplantation.

Matteo LisiGiulia Elena MandoliMatteo CameliMaria Concetta PastoreFrancesca Maria RighiniGiovanni BenfariAndrea RubboliFlavio D'AscenziMarta FocardiCharilaos TsioulpasSonia BernazzaliMassimo MaccheriniEdoardo LisiPer LindqvistSerafina ValenteSergio MondilloMichael Y Henein

Published in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2021)

Emerging as a possible index of myocardial fibrosis in patients with advanced HF, PALS could help to optimize the management and the selection of those patients with irreversible LA structural damage for advanced therapeutic strategies.

Keyphrases

left atrial
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation
patients undergoing
mitral valve
catheter ablation
oxidative stress
heart failure
liver fibrosis