Assessment of left atrial volume: a focus on echocardiographic methods and clinical implications
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Chee W. Khoo Suresh Krishnamoorthy Hoong Sern Lim Gregory Y. H. Lip
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Left atrial enlargement is an important predictor of cardiovascular events such as atrial fibrillation, stroke, heart failure and mortality. A number of methods of left atrial size assessment by echocardiography have been reported, from the simple antero-posterior diameter in the parasternal long axis view to the more complex ellipsoid, area-length and Simpson’s method of estimating left atrial volume. These different methods of left atrial size assessment, their clinical implications and some common pitfalls are discussed in this review
Clin Res Cardiol (2011) 100:97–105 DOI 10.1007/s00392-010-0222-y Received: 22 June 2010 / Accepted: 25 August 2010 / Published online: 7 September 2010
