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<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1688-0420</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Uruguaya de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Urug.Cardiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1688-0420</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Uruguaya de Cardiología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1688-04202019000100182</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29277/cardio.34.1.13</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Strain de la aurícula izquierda por speckle tracking: descripción de protocolo para su medición &#8220;paso a paso&#8221;]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Strain of the left atrium by speckle tracking: description of protocol for its measurement &#8220;step by step&#8221;]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Strain do átrio esquerdo por speckle tracking: descrição do protocolo para sua medida &#8220;passo a passo&#8221;]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pécora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Matías]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Américo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Janssen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bárbara]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Parma]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Boggia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Florio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lucía]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la República Hospital de Clínicas Centro Cardiovascular Universitario]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montevideo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>182</fpage>
<lpage>200</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1688-04202019000100182&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1688-04202019000100182&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.edu.uy/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1688-04202019000100182&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En base a la evidencia disponible y a la experiencia de trabajo en la cohorte del estudio GEnotipo, Fenotipo y Ambiente de la HiperTensión arterial en el UruguaY (GEFA-HT-UY) se describe un protocolo &#8220;paso a paso&#8221; para la adquisición y medición de strain de la aurícula izquierda, tanto de forma global como para un análisis segmentario tipo &#8220;ojo de buey&#8221;, mediante ecocardiografía bidimensional con speckle tracking.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Summary: Based on the available evidence and work experience of the GEnotipo, Fenotipo y Ambiente de la HiperTensión arterial en el UruguaY (GEFA-HT-UY) cohort, a &#8220;step by step&#8221; protocol for the acquisition and measurement of the left atrial strain is described, both as a global and segmentary analysis (&#8220;bull&#8217;s eye&#8221; like ) using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo: Baseado nos elementos disponíveis e a experiência de trabalhar na coorte do estudo GEnotipo, Fenotipo y Ambiente de la HiperTensión arterial en el UruguaY (GEFA-HT-UY) se descreve um protocolo de &#8220;passo a passo&#8221; para a aquisição e a medição do strain da aurícula esquerda, tanto em forma global como pra uma análise segmentar tipo &#8220;olho de boi&#8221;, usando a ecocardiografia bidimensional com speckle tracking.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Función del atrio izquierdo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ecocardiografía speckle tracking]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Strain bidimensional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Protocolos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Left atrial function]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Two-dimensional strain]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Protocols]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Função do átrio esquerdo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ecocardiografía speckle tracking]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Strain bidimensional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Protocolos]]></kwd>
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