Research articleDifferences in left ventricular and left atrial function assessed during breath-holding and breathing
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Abbreviations
A
late-diastolic transmitral peak filling velocity
bSSFP
balanced steady-state free-precession
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
E
early-diastolic transmitral peak filling velocity
e’
early-diastolic myocardial peak velocity
ECG-gated
electrographically gated
EDV
left ventricular end-diastolic volume
EF
left ventricular ejection fraction
EFactive
active left atrial ejection fraction
EFpassive
passive left atrial ejection fraction
EFtotal
total left atrial ejection fraction
ESV
left ventricular end-systolic volume
FA
late-diastolic transmitral peak flow
FE
early-diastolic transmitral peak flow
GLS
global longitudinal strain
ICC
intraclass correlation coefficient
LA
left atrium
LAbc
left atrial volume before atrial contraction
LAmax
maximal left atrial volume
LAmin
minimal left atrial volume
LV
left ventricle
PER
left ventricular peak ejection rate
PFRA
late-diastolic left ventricular peak filling rate
PFRE
early-diastolic left ventricular peak filling rate
r
Pearson's correlation coefficient
RR-interval
cardiac interval
SD
standard deviation
SV
left ventricular stroke volume
Keywords
Magnetic resonance imaging
Atrial function, left
Ventricular function, left
Breath holding
Respiration
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