Echocardiographic Assessments of Left Atrial Strain and Volume in Healthy Patients and Patients With Mitral Valvular Heart Disease by Tissue Doppler Imaging and 3-Dimensional Echocardiography

Abstract

LA longitudinal and circumferential deformations are more related than radial deformation to determining LA volume and function. The LA of patients with MS revealed a greater pathologic physiology than those of patients with MR.