Journal:
:archives of cardiovascular imaging
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zahra ojaghi haghighi echocardiography research center, rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; md, facc,echocardiography research center, rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2123922134, fax: +98-2122055594
azin alizadehasl cardiovascular research center, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, ir iran
majid maleki echocardiography research center, rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
nasim naderi echocardiography research center, rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
maryam esmaeilzadeh echocardiography research center, rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
fereidoon noohi echocardiography research center, rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
background recently, assessment of the atrial motion and deformation indices obtained via doppler myocardial imaging (dmi) has been proposed as a new method of exploring the atrial function. objective our aim was to assess the right atrial (ra) regional function using myocardial velocities, strain, and strain rate imaging (sri) and compare it with the function of the inter-atrial septum (ias) a...