Atrial function and size after conversion of atrial fibrillation in hypertensive patients

Independent Effect of Digoxin in Preventing Atrial Fibrillation in High Risk Patients after CABG Surgery

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common arrhythmias after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. AF can result in hemodynamic instability, thromboembolic events, increase the perioperative myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, more length of hospital stay (LOHS) and cost of treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the independent effect of...

comparison of left atrial function between hypertensive patients with normal atrial size and normotensive subjects using strain rate imaging technique

Left Atrial Size and Function in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients and Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation.

BACKGROUND The value of left atrial (LA) diameter, volume, and strain to risk stratify hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients for new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) was explored. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 242 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients without AF history were evaluated by (speckle-tracking) echocardiography. During mean follow-up of 4.8±3.7 years, 41 patients (17%) developed new-...

Atrial and ventricular function after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation.

OBJECTIVE Previous studies on atrial recovery after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation have not taken into account new knowledge about the pathophysiology of transmitral and transtricuspid flow velocity patterns. It is possible to shed further light on this problem if atrioventricular inflow velocity, venous filling pattern, and atrioventricular annulus motion are recorded and interpreted tog...

Atrial function and atrial fibrillation

s $7 295 Decreased fractional area change of left atrial appendage contributes to development of persistent atrial fibrillation in patients of lone paroxysmal atrial f ibr i l lat ion E.-J. Cho, H.-J. Youn, T.-H. Rho, H.-K. Jeon, H.-O. Jung, C.-J. Kim, J.-H. Kim, S.-J. Hong. Catholic University of Korea, Internal medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of Background and Purpose: A...