Incremental Diagnostic Value of LA Strain With Leg Lifts in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Author(s) -
Masaru Obokata,
Kazuaki Negishi,
Koji Kurosawa,
Hitomi Arima,
Rieko Tateno,
Goro Ui,
Shoichi Tange,
Masashi Arai,
Masahiko Kurabayashi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.04.006
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , ejection fraction , heart failure with preserved ejection fraction , heart failure , stroke volume , speckle tracking echocardiography
The purposes of this study were to examine left atrial (LA) functional reserve in patients with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and to determine whether LA strain has an incremental diagnostic value over clinical and conventional echocardiographic parameters.
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