Left Atrial Strain and Compliance Correlate with Diastolic Dysfunction Grades and Complications during Pre-eclampsia: A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study

This study aimed to investigate left atrium (LA) strain components in the assessment of cardiac function and its clinical correlates in pre-eclampsia (PE). With the use of speckle tracking echocardiography, phasic LA strain and (LASr)/(E/e'), the surrogate of LA compliance, were compared between healthy pregnant women (n  = 70) and those with PE (n = 146) and among different diastolic dysfunction (DD) grades in PE. Receiver operating characteristic curves and logistic regression analysis were used to identify the role of strain components in distinguishing DD grades and predicting cardiac complications.
Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research