Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain and Strain Rate by Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Normal range values of right atrial (RA) phasic function markers are essential for the identification of normal and abnormal values, comparison with reference values, and the clinical meaning of obtained values. Accordingly, we aimed to define the normal range values of RA phasic function markers obtained by 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography through a meta-analysis and determine the main sources of heterogeneity among reported values. Methods: PUBMED, SCOPUS, and EMBASE databases were searched for the following keywords: "right atrial/right atrium" and "strain/speckle/deformation" and "echocardiography." Studies were selected that included a human healthy adult group without any cardiovascular diseases or risk factors and that were written in the English langua

SUBMITTER: Hosseinsabet A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8718502 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature