Left atrial eccentricity in chronic mitral regurgitation: relation to left atrial function

Left atrial eccentricity in chronic mitral regurgitation: relation to left atrial function.

AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the changes in the left atrial (LA) shape and to identify the determinants of these changes in chronic mitral regurgitation (MR). METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 125 consecutive patients (56 ± 16 years, 51% men) with chronic MR caused by myxomatous mitral valve disease in sinus rhythm and 45 control patients (54 ± 15 years, 55% men) undergoing transtho...

Left atrial function and deformation in chronic primary mitral regurgitation.

AIMS To study global and regional left atrial (LA) mechanics in chronic primary mitral regurgitation (MR) with echocardiography. METHODS AND RESULTS LA volumes during reservoir, conduit, and contractile phases were measured in 27 MR patients and 25 controls. LA ejection fraction (EF) and ejection force were calculated. Reservoir (SR-R), conduit (SR-C), and contractile phase (SR-A) strain rate...

Left atrial function in patients with mitral valve regurgitation.

The purpose of this study was to assess left atrial (LA) function and myocardial mechanics in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR). Eighty patients with degenerative MR and twenty control subjects were included prospectively. LA volume (LAV) and right atrial (RA) volume (RAV) were measured with three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography at three phases of the cardiac cycle...

Mitral Regurgitation and Atrial Fibrillation: The Contribution of Impaired Left Atrial Appendage Function to Atrial Thrombogenesis

Left atrial dilatation resulting from chronic mitral regurgitation decreases spatiotemporal organization of atrial fibrillation in left atrium.

Atrial conduction properties have been shown to differ among animal atrial fibrillation (AF) models of rapid atrial pacing (RAP), chronic mitral regurgitation (MR), and control. We hypothesized that these conduction differences would continue with the onset of AF, which would affect AF spatiotemporal organization, resulting in model-specific characteristics of AF. With frequency domain analysis...