Left atrial function, peripheral artery disease, ARVD, and more

Atrial transport function in coronary artery disease: relation to left ventricular function.

The atrial contribution to ventricular stroke volume was evaluated in 50 patients with coronary artery disease and found to be related to left ventricular function. All patients underwent complete hemodynamic and angiographic studies. Angiographic volume studies were utilized to determine atrial contribution to the stroke volume, end-systolic volume and ejection fraction. In 11 patients without...

Left atrial myxoma and concomitant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.

Here we describe the case of a 71-year-old female patient who was admitted to our department with acute coronary syndrome. Trans-thoracic echocardiography evaluation to assess left ventricular functions incidentally detected a left atrial mass attached to the inter-atrial septum together with a left ventricular segmental wall motion abnormality due to acute anterior myocardial infarction. Coron...

Left Atrial Remodeling: More Than Just Left Atrial Enlargement.

Factors Associated With Left Atrial Remodeling in the General Population Walter Oliver; Gwendolyn Matthews, BS; Colby R. Ayers, MS; Sonia Garg, MD; Sachin Gupta, MD; Ian J. Neeland, MD; Mark H. Drazner, MD, MSc; Jarett D. Berry, MD, MS; Susan Matulevicius, MD, MSc; James A. de Lemos, MD · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·...

Left ventricular function in coronary artery disease.

Peripheral Artery Disease Surgical Technique and Peripheral Artery Disease

Invasive treatment for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) has changed dramatically. Medicare claims data from 1996 to 2006 reveal an almost doubling of lower-extremity vascular procedures: The use of endovascular repair increased 3-fold, bypass surgery decreased 42%, and the amputation rate decreased by 29%.1 For patients admitted to hospital for PAD between 1996 and 2005, the likeli...