scholarly journals Left Atrium Size, Qualitative

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Left Atrium ◽  
Left Atrium Size

Tangential Triangular Resection An Option to Treat the Giant Left Atrium

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-127
Author(s):  
Pablo M. A. Pomerantzeff ◽  
Carlos M. A. Brandão ◽  
Marco A. V. Guedes ◽  
Noedir A. G. Stolf
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Left Atrium ◽  
Pulmonary Veins ◽  
Posterior Wall ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Study ◽  
Tricuspid Insufficiency ◽  
Size Evolution ◽  
Giant Left Atrium ◽  
Left Atrium Size

A 21-year-old woman presented with congestive heart failure caused by congenital mitral and tricuspid insufficiency, associated with great left atrium enlargement. Transthoracic echo-cardiogram revealed heart dextroversion associated with mitral and tricuspid severe insufficiency and left atrium enlargement (14 cm), confirmed by magnetic resonance study. The left atrium was reduced by a tangential triangular resection of the posterior wall, between the pulmonary veins, suturing the edges of the left atrium with bovine pericardium strip reinforcement. Mitral and tricuspid valves were repaired. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged in the 15th postoperative day. A control magnetic resonance study revealed a 50% reduction in left atrium size. Evolution of left atrium resection is excellent, with low recurrence of arrhythmias, embolism, or heart failure.

P5359Pulmonary artery pressure is elevated three month after delivery in patients with preeclampsia and antiphospholipid syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Buffle ◽  
A Neagoe ◽  
L Raio ◽  
S F Rimoldi ◽  
F H Messerli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Left Atrium ◽  
Antiphospholipid Syndrome ◽  
Heart Function ◽  
Right Atrial ◽  
Multisystem Disease ◽  
Artery Pressure ◽  
Cardiac Hemodynamics ◽  
Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Left Atrium Size

Abstract Introduction Preeclampsia (PE) is a multisystem disease affecting 2–8% of all pregnancies. Recently we found that the prevalence of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in PE patients at 13.9%. APS can be the cause of thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. However, data on heart function and pulmonary pressure in PE and in PE with APS are sparse. Purpose We sought to investigate cardiac hemodynamics in this population. Method Between July 2016 and December 2018, we performed echocardiography in patients who had suffered from PE alone (n=102, age=32.6±4.8 y) or PE with APS (n=21, age=32.1±4.2 y) 3 months after delivery. APS was diagnosed according to the Sapporo criteria. Results The overall prevalence of APS was 17%. Right ventricular to right atrial pressure (RV/RA) gradient was significantly higher in PE + APS patients than in patients who had PE only (21.1±3.8 vs. 17.9±4.6mmHg, p=0.04, PE+APS vs. PE). The indexed volume of the left atrium (LA: 20.3±4.4 vs 23.5±5.5ml/m2, p=0.01, PE+APS vs. PE) and the birthweight of the newborn (1379.8±759.1 vs 1848.1±879.6.1g, p=0.02, PE+APS vs. PE) were lower in APS patients. Conclusion In patients with preeclampsia and APS, three month after delivery, pulmonary artery pressure was higher and the left atrium size smaller than in patients who had PE only. Conceivably this may reflects multiple subclinical clots in the pulmonary vessels in APS patients and may put these patients at an elevated risk of pulmonary hypertension later in life.

How should we measure left atrium size and function?

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Vizzardi ◽  
Antonio D'Aloia ◽  
Elena Rocco ◽  
Laura Lupi ◽  
Riccardo Rovetta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Left Atrium ◽  
And Function ◽  
Left Atrium Size

scholarly journals Impacts of Left Atrium Size and AF Duration upon Predictive Value of Procedural AF Elimination for Freedom from Post-Ablation Recurrences in Persistent AF Ablation

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. OP42_6
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Otomo ◽  
Kei Takayama ◽  
Hiroshi Taniguchi ◽  
Shigeki Kusa ◽  
Yoshito Iesaka
Keyword(s):  
Left Atrium ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Af Ablation ◽  
Left Atrium Size
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