Left Atrial Strain Imaging by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: The Supportive Diagnostic Value in Cardiac Amyloidosis and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

• Published in: Journal of cardiovascular development and disease Vol. 10; no. 6; p. 261
• Main Authors: Monte, Ines Paola, Faro, Denise Cristiana, Trimarchi, Giancarlo, de Gaetano, Fabrizio, Campisi, Mariapaola, Losi, Valentina, Teresi, Lucio, Di Bella, Gianluca, Tamburino, Corrado, de Gregorio, Cesare
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.06.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Amyloidosis; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac Amyloidosis; Cardiology; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic; Comparative analysis; diastolic dysfunction; Dyspnea; Echocardiography; Electrocardiogram; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; Hypertension; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; left-ventricle hypertrophy; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mutation; Patients; Software; speckle tracking echocardiography; left-ventricle hypertrophy; heart failure; atrial strain; diastolic dysfunction; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Cardiac Amyloidosis; amyloid atrial myopathy; speckle tracking echocardiography

Background: Left atrial (LA) function is crucial for assessing left ventricular filling in various cardiovascular conditions. Cardiac Amyloidosis (CA) is characterized by atrial myopathy and LA function impairment, with diastolic dysfunction up to restrictive filling pattern, leading to progressive...