Highlights•Atrial size is often increased in competitive athletes.•In athletes, atrial size can
overlap atrial dilation observed in cardiac patients.•In athletes, atrial dilation is not …

Aims To obtain the normal ranges for echocardiographic measurements of left atrial (LA)
function from a large group of healthy volunteers accounting for age and gender. Methods …

Atrial cardiomyopathy is a condition that causes electrical and contractile dysfunction of the
atria, often along with structural and functional changes. Atrial cardiomyopathy most …

Background: In Lamin A/C (LMNA) cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation (AF) commonly occurs
before dilated cardiomyopathy, and the ability to predict its incidence is limited. We …

Background: Left and right atrium (LA and RA) exert an essential and dynamic role in
ventricular filling and hence affect heart performance. Strain quantification has been …

Background Left ventricular longitudinal strain (LVLS) may be a sensitive indicator of left
ventricular (LV) systolic function in patients with sepsis, but is dependent on high image …

Aims Resting echocardiography is a valuable method for detecting subclinical heart failure
(HF) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). However, few studies have assessed the …

Aims The myocardial performance index (MPI) is a time-based index of global myocardial
performance. In this study, we sought to compare the prognostic value of the MPI with other …

Cardiac involvement is common in patients with light-chain (AL) amyloidosis and portends a
poor prognosis, although little is known about the changes in cardiac mechanics after …

Purpose Although up to 20% of people with type 2 diabetes (DM) have normal BMI (< 25
kg/m2), it remains unclear whether there is a difference in the development of cardiac …