Is Left Atrial Strain the Missing Part to Diagnose Diastolic Dysfunction in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease?
Echocardiography is the most critical imaging modality for assessing diastolic function, an essential part of the cardiac function evaluation.
Since its publication in 2016, the ASE/EACVI recommendations for evaluating diastolic function have been validated in different cohorts but have shown conflicting results, especially when considering patients with preserved ejection fraction (EF). When patients with preserved EF were studied in a separate subgroup, a poorer sensitivity was observed.
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