Open AccessAssessment of inter and intra-atrial asynchrony in patients with systolic heart failure using velocity vector imaging
Author(s) -
Maryam Esmaeilzadeh,
Marzieh Nikparvar,
Majid Maleki,
Feridoun Noohi,
Zahra Ojaghi Haghighi,
Niloufar Samiei,
Paridokht Nakhostin-Davari,
Hooman Bakhshandeh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in cardiovascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2251-9580
pISSN - 2251-9572
DOI - 10.5812/cardiovascmed.10332
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine , heart failure , diastole , asynchrony (computer programming) , doppler echocardiography , ejection fraction , velocity vector , doppler imaging , systole , blood pressure , computer network , asynchronous communication , engineering , computer science , aerospace engineering
According to previous studies on the deformation properties of the left atrium, the systolic strain and strain rates represent the atrial reservoir function and the early and late diastolic strain rates show the conduit and booster functions, respectively.