Three-dimensional left atrial strain from retrospective gated computed tomography: Comparison with speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with aortic stenosis

Three-dimensional (3D) left atrial (LA) deformation assessment beyond the two-dimensional (2D) apical views circumvents atrial foreshortening and can be quantified from four-dimensional (4D) retrospective gated computed tomography (CT) using novel feature tracking methods. However, the consistency between CT-derived 3D and echocardiographic 2D peak left atrial longitudinal strain (PALS) has not been reported. We aimed to compare CT-derived 3D and echocardiographic 2D PALS in patients undergoing …

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