Assessment of Left Atrial Function
Assessment of Left Atrial Function by Tissue Doppler Strain Imaging in Mitral Stenosis before and after Balloon Mitral Valvotomy.
... Regional Left Atrial function is not routinely assessed, and therefore no standardized parameters are ...regional Left Atrial function may be hampered by the relatively thin ...
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ASSESSMENT OF LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITHMITRAL VALVE DISEASES
... pump function is modulated by LV compliance, LV end-diastolic pressure, and LA intrinsic ...as atrial diameter increases, which contributes to maintaining a normal stroke ...contractile function ...
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Left Atrial Function Following Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Prospective Evaluation Using Dual Source Cardiac Computed Tomography
... surgery, assessment of LA functional parameters was performed using ECG-gated second generation dual source cardiac CT (Somatom Defi- nition Flash, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) for those with restored sinus rhythm ...
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Assessment of Left Atrial Functional Index (LAFI) by Transthoracic Echocardiogram in patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Diastolic dysfunction.
... systolic function was found to be better in IWMI patients at presentation as lesser territory was compromised by ...the left ventricle, whereas inferior infarction is associated with injury to both ...
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Assessment of left atrial mechanical functions and atrial electromechanical delay in Juvenile idiopathic arthritis by tissue Doppler echocardiography
... diastolic function was assessed by meas- uring the mitral flow velocity recorded in the apical four-- chamber ...the left ventricular inflow tract at the level of mi- tral leaflet tips and three consecutive ...
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Evaluation of left atrial volume and function using single-beat real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in atrial fibrillation patients
... Previous studies have validated the feasibility of RT- 3DE in clinical assessment. RT-3DE was used by Cong et al. to determine LA volume and function during normotensive and preeclamptic pregnancy [20]. Al- ...
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Relationship of phasic left atrial volume and emptying function to left ventricular filling pressure: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
... With the growing interest in LA assessment in clinical and epidemiological studies it is important to delineate the pros and cons of alternative evaluation methods [7,9]. The multi-phase method, which is ...
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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Atrial Mechanics: Function, History, Novel Techniques, Advantages, and Pitfalls
... reservoir function and LA stiffness using 2D measurements have been validated ...and function will likely play a more definitive role in the future [55, ...the assessment of atrial ...
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Assessment of Left Ventricular Function in Chronic Asymptomatic Alcoholics
... Chronic alcohol consumption in females can result in amenorrhea, a decrease in ovarian size, absence of corpora lutea with associated infertility and an increased risk of spontaneous abortion. Ethanol and acetaldehyde ...
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The Effect of Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation on Left Atrial Volume and Function: A One Year Follow Up Study
... Continuous data are expressed as mean±SD. Categorical data are expressed as absolute numbers or percentages. Dif- ferences between the groups (control group, SR group, and AF group) were tested using unpaired Student’s ...
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Left atrial dysfunction detected by speckle tracking in patients with systemic sclerosis
... pulmonary function test [12], assessment of pulmonary fibrosis by standard chest X-ray, lung ultra- sound [13] and, when clinically indicated, by thoracic high-resolution computed tomography scan ...
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Novel echocardiographic techniques to assess left atrial size, anatomy and function
... the function and role of the left atrium in cardiovascular ...the assessment of atrial systolic ...of left atrial (LA) size and function has always been well known, its ...
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Echocardiographic assessment of Left Atrial Appendage function in patients with Mitral Stenosis by Tissue Doppler Velocity Imaging.
... the left atrial size, mitral valve score and valve gradient, obtained values were significantly higher in the AF group compared to the group in ...that left atrial clot is usually sought in MS ...
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Feasibility and outcomes of combined transcatheter aortic valve replacement with other structural heart interventions in a single session: a matched cohort study
... to atrial fi brilla- tion and paradoxical embolism) as well as spontaneous and iatrogenic bleeding tendency increase with advan- cing age as re fl ected in contemporary risk strati fi cation ...
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Respiratory influence on left atrial volume calculation with 3D-echocardiography
... There were no respiratory differences at neither high nor low atrial volumes. This is shown by Bland-Altman plots (Fig. 4a and b), where points are distributed equally around the mean, at high, low and ...
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Evaluation of left atrial deformation to predict left atrial stasis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation – a pilot-study
... mised left atrial deformation and a pro-thrombotic state in AF are based on ...our left atrial strain rate was slightly higher than in other studies ...fibrillating left atrium), rather ...
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The immunohistochemical evaluation of selected markers in the left atrium of dogs with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy and myxomatous mitral valve disease – a preliminary study
... The lower expression of caspase-3 noted in the DCM group as compared to both the MMVD and the control group contradicts the results of other authors. An increased expression of caspsase-3 genes was noted in ...
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The impact of heart, lung and diaphragmatic ultrasound on prediction of failed extubation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients: a prospective observational pilot study
... mechanical ventilation [40]. Diaphragmatic disuse leads to protein oxidation via activation of autophagy, lysosome pathway and skeletal muscle proteolysis [41], which sub- sequently alters the diaphragm contractile ...
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Left ventricular diastolic function is strongly correlated with active emptying of the left atrium: a novel analysis using three-dimensional echocardiography
... and function, Teo et ...mechanical atrial dysfunction sets in, resulting in a lower total LA emptying ...investigating left atrial volumes and function with 2D-echocardiography and ...
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Assessment of Prothrombotic burden in patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease using plasma D-dimer assay.
... with high velocity flows on one end of the spectrum (velocities similar to or even exceeding, those observed in sinus rhythm,) and minimal to absent flow on the other end. This represents the wide continuum of LAA ...
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