Open AccessIs left atrial function affected by coronary slow flow? a two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiographic study
Author(s) -
Flora Fallah,
Sima Narimani,
Shima Yarmohammadi,
Ali Hosseinsabet,
Arash Jalali
Publication year - 2017
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_9_17
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , speckle tracking echocardiography , diabetes mellitus , heart failure , ejection fraction , endocrinology
The coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP) is the slow passage of the angiographic contrast agent to the distal portion of the coronary artery in the absence of significant stenosis. We evaluated the left atrial (LA) function in patients with the CSFP using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2DSTE).