Strain has become an integral part of cardiac imaging. It is a quantification of deformation, essentially presented as a percentage to illustrate alterations in length relative to initial length. Left atrial (LA) strain mirrors the intricate interplay among left atrial myocardial contractility, compliance, the size of the left atrium and prevailing loading conditions.
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