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Left Atrial Function After Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
(EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2009)
Radiofirequency ablation of the pulmonary veins has been used to treat patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), and atrial damage after ablation is an issue of concern. To evaluate left atrial function shortly ...
Determination of left atrial volume in healthy dogs and dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease
(2016-01-01)
The left atrial volume (LAV) can be obtained using the biplane Simpson's method via echocardiography. Although in medicine this parameter has been considered to be a prognostic marker of left atrial enlargement in several ...
Left Atrial Dysfunction Is a Predictor of Postcoronary Artery Bypass Atrial Fibrillation: Association of Left Atrial Strain and Strain Rate Assessed by Speckle Tracking
(WILEY, 2011)
Background: Even though atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), its etiology remains poorly understood. Several factors are linked to postoperative AF (POAF), ...
Preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction and left atrium reverse remodeling after mitral regurgitation surgery
(Biomed Central Ltd, 2014-11-06)
Background: Left atrium enlargement has been associated with cardiac events in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). Left atrium reverse remodeling (LARR) occur after surgical correction of MR, but the preoperative ...
Left atrial volume as an index of diastolic functionVolume atrial esquerdo como índice de função diastólica
(Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2014)