Diastolic Function Assessment in Atrial Fibrillation Conundrum

Left ventricular diastolic function after electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation.

In chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) left ventricular function may gradually diminish as a result of an intrinsic tachycardiomyopathy. This tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy is characterised by decreased systolic function, ventricular dilation, and raised ventricular filling pressures. In such patients left ventricular systolic function may gradually improve after electrical cardioversion. Litt...

Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in atrial fibrillation

Atrial function and atrial fibrillation

s $7 295 Decreased fractional area change of left atrial appendage contributes to development of persistent atrial fibrillation in patients of lone paroxysmal atrial f ibr i l lat ion E.-J. Cho, H.-J. Youn, T.-H. Rho, H.-K. Jeon, H.-O. Jung, C.-J. Kim, J.-H. Kim, S.-J. Hong. Catholic University of Korea, Internal medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of Background and Purpose: A...

Left Atrial Diastolic Dysfunction following Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.

Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA)-induced thermal injury may cause and/or worsen left atrial (LA) diastolic dysfunction leading to pulmonary hypertension and heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the incidence of which is probably more common than is generally realized. Biplane 2-dimensional echocardiography coupled with tissue Doppler (velocity) imaging and Doppler-der...

Echocardiographic diastolic function assessment is of modest utility in patients with persistent and longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation

BACKGROUND Detection of concurrent diastolic dysfunction (DD) may be beneficial in patients with persistent and longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). The role of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in assessing DD in patients with AF has not been well characterized. We sought to determine the utility of TTE in detecting elevated left atrial pressure (LAP) in patients with persisten...