There are no data on the use of Myocardial Velocity Imaging (MVI) to study the left atrium (LA) wall deformation. The aims of this study were to assess the feasibility of measuring regional longitudinal strain/strain rate (epsilon/SR) profiles in the LA wall, to define the normal values and to validate these measurements.
Department of Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging Research, KU Leuven, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. cristina.sirbu@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
