Open AccessLeft Atrial Fractional Shortening: A Simple and Practical “Strain” for Everyone
Author(s) -
Giulia Elena Mandoli,
Matteo Cameli,
Edoardo Lisi,
Simona Minardi,
Valentina Capone,
María Pastore,
Sergio Mondillo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_74_18
Subject(s) - fractional shortening , parasternal line , medicine , ejection fraction , heart failure
The function of the left atrium (LA) is reduced in many cardiac diseases even with normal size. The assessment of its compliance could represent an added value in an echocardiographic report in case the gold standard technique (speckle-tracking echocardiography [STE]) is not available. We sought to test a simple and quick method as surrogate of STE: the dynamic measurement of the LA anteroposterior diameter (APD) that we called LA fractional shortening (LAFS).