title: Speckle tracking-derived mechanical dispersion of left atrial myocardial deformation: An essential parameter in atrial fibrillation management?
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Samir Kanti
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology, University Hospital of Örebro, Örebro, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anatoli
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8336-9430
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kiotsekoglou
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016279:Atrial Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans
keywords: atrial fibrillation; left atrium; strain rate imaging