Strain echocardiographic assessment of left atrial function predicts recurrence of atrial fibrillation

AIMS: We evaluated if a dispersed left atrial (LA) contraction pattern was related to atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with normal left ventricular (LV) function, and normal or mildly enlarged left atrium. METHODS AND RESULTS: We included 61 patients with paroxysmal AF (PAF). Of these, 30 had no...

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Pubblicato in:Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
Autori principali: Sarvari, Sebastian I., Haugaa, Kristina H., Stokke, Thomas M., Ansari, Hamza Z., Leren, Ida S., Hegbom, Finn, Smiseth, Otto A., Edvardsen, Thor
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871234/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26219297
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jev185
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