MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR, cilt.20, ss.2013-2019, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: In patients presenting with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, we investigated the relationship of left atrial deformational parameters evaluated by 2-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI) with conventional echocardiographic diastolic dysfunction parameters and brain natriuretic peptide level.