Left atrial strain: a new window on left ventricular filling pressure?
In a paper published in the current issue of this Journal, Henein et al. 1 demonstrated that pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) correlated strongly with global left atrial (LA) systolic strain rate, which was the most accurate echocardiographic variable in identifying abnormally raised pressu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Barcaray International
2013-01-01
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| Series: | International Cardiovascular Forum Journal |
| Online Access: | http://icfjournal.org/index.php/icfj/article/view/6/4 |