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Europace 2008 10(Supplement 3):iii62-iii69; doi:10.1093/europace/eun237
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

This article appears in the following Europace issue: Spotlight Issue: Cardiac Imaging in EP and CRT [View the issue table of contents]

IMAGING IN CATHETER ABLATION FOR AF

Approaching regional left atrial function by tissue Doppler velocity and strain imaging

Qing Zhang, Gabriel Wai-Kwok Yip and Cheuk-Man Yu*

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, SH Ho Cardiovascular and Stroke Centre, Institute of Vascular Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin N.T., Hong Kong, Peoples' Republic of China

Atrial function is an integral part for the proper performance of the circulatory system. Assessment of its haemodynamic and mechanical characteristics by use of non-invasive echocardiography, including tissue Doppler velocity and strain imaging, may provide a better insight into atrial function and its relationship with ventricular function. From an electromechanical perspective, this review summarizes not only the various methods for evaluating regional atrial function by tissue Doppler imaging, but also the normal findings in healthy subjects and the major clinical utilities in cardiac diseases, such as atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease and heart failure.

Key Words: Atrium, Myocardial function, Echocardiography

* Corresponding author. Tel: +86 852 26323594; fax: +86 852 26375643.E-mail address: cmyu{at}cuhk.edu.hk


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