Left atrial strain assessment during stress echocardiography is evaluated for its relationship with the development of atrial fibrillation and its diagnostic and prognostic roles in clinical practice.
Does left atrial strain assessment during stress echocardiography predict the development of atrial fibrillation?
This review highlights the potential of left atrial strain assessment during stress echocardiography as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for predicting atrial fibrillation.
Interest in advanced echocardiographic imaging methods is growing. Left atrial strain (LAS) is among recently developed echocardiographic parameters. LAS represents an index of tissue deformation of the left atrium (LA). This parameter is an expression of LA function. Several arrhythmias are caused by impaired LA function. LAS can be assessed with a resting echocardiogram. The evaluation of LAS during stress echocardiography represents another model for assessing LA function. The development of altered LAS during physical or pharmacological stress is a predictor of early LA disease. Our review aims to evaluate the relationship between alterations in LAS and the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), and the diagnostic and prognostic roles of the stress echocardiogram in clinical practice.
Mauriello et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Atrial fibrillation. Stress echocardiography for left atrial strain assessment was evaluated. Left atrial strain assessment during stress echocardiography is evaluated for its relationship with the development of atrial fibrillation and its diagnostic and prognostic roles in clinical practice.