ACTA CARDIOLOGICA, cilt.74, sa.2, ss.141-151, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: To evaluate left atrial (LA) deformation parameters strain (S)/strain rate (SR) and time to peak S/SR obtained by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) in patients with hypertension for three LA mechanical phases and to compare them with the same indices in the control subjects.