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THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Cardiology

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Background: The left atrium (LA) is much more than simply a conduit for left ventricular (LV) filling, and its size and remodeling are recognized as a predictor of poor outcomes in multiple disease states. LA function is a surrogate marker of LV diastolic dysfunction. Objective: To assess left atrial function in coronary artery disease patients with preserved left ventricle ejection fraction, with and without left atrial expansion by three dimensional speckle tracking echocardiograghy. Patient and methods: Fifty patients with chronic coronary syndrome were divided according to left atrial dilation into two groups high risk group where left atrial dilation was more than 4cm (8 males and 8 females)  and  low risk group where left atrial dilation was less than 4 cm (18 males and 16 females) in addition to 20 healthy individual as control group (7 males and 13 females) who presented to the Cardiology Department at Al-Hussain University Hospital and Al-Azhar Islamic Center for elective coronary angiography from May 2019 to June 2020. Results: There was a statistically significant increase in control group in comparison to low risk and high risk. The LA peak ventricular systolic area strain (ASs %) in patients group was significantly lower than in the control group, whereas in the low risk group was significantly higher than in the high risk group. The LA peak pre-atrial contraction area strain (ASa %) in patients group was significantly lower than in the control group, whereas in the low risk group was significantly higher than in the high risk group. Conclusion: Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography represented a non-invasive, relatively simple and reproducible technique to assess left atrial myocardial function in patients with chronic coronary syndrome.

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10.21608/amj.2021.178670

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Coronary heart disease, Chronic coronary syndromes, left atrium, 3D-STE

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Taher

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Mohammed Abd El-Halem El-Meghwary

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Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

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taher_elmeghwary@gmail.com

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Kamal

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Ahmad Merghny Mahgoub

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Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

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Ahmad

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Ali Mohammed Fahim

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Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

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Ahmed

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Mohamed Abd El-Rahman

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Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

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50

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3

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25707

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2021-07-01

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2021-06-20

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2021-07-01

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2,057

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2,068

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1110-0400

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Al-Azhar Medical Journal

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THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR EVALUATION OF LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION

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22 Jan 2023