Publication Name	World Journal of Cardiology
Manuscript ID	15459
Country	Germany

Received	2014-11-27 09:29
Peer-Review Started	2014-11-27 19:57
To Make the First Decision	2014-12-12 17:33
Return for Revision	2014-12-18 13:59
Revised	2015-01-06 01:26
Second Decision	2015-04-15 17:55
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-15 22:44
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-29 15:33
Articles in Press	2015-04-29 15:33
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Typeset the Manuscript	2015-06-09 14:59
Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-06-25 15:27

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Category	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Left atrial physiology and pathophysiology: Role of deformation imaging
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Johannes Tammo Kowallick, Joachim Lotz, Gerd Hasenfuß and Andreas Schuster
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number German Centre for Cardiovascular Research German Ministry of Education and Research Faculty of Medicine of the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany
Corresponding Author	Dr. Andreas Schuster, MD, PhD, FESC, Lecturer, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Georg-August University, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany. andreas_schuster@gmx.net
Key Words	Left atrium; Strain; Strain rate; Physiology; Pathophysiology; Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Echocardiography; Feature tracking; Speckle tracking; Diastolic dysfunction
Core Tip	Recent advances in speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial feature tracking (CMR-FT) allow a detailed quantification of left atrium (LA) dynamics in terms of strain and strain rate imaging. Corresponding imaging biomarkers are progressively found to have the potential to predict the outcome in a variety of cardiovascular disease states. The current editorial introduces the role of STE and CMR-FT for the functional assessment of LA deformation and provides an outlook of how this exciting field may evolve in the future.
Publish Date	2015-06-25 15:27
Citation	Kowallick JT, Lotz J, Hasenfuß G, Schuster A. Left atrial physiology and pathophysiology: Role of deformation imaging. World J Cardiol 2015; 7(6): 299-305
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/full/v7/i6/299.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v7.i6.299

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