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Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial volume index in elderly patients with anterior wall myocardial infarction.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Maheshwari, Monika Kaushik, S. K. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Enlarged left atrium (LA) predicts outcomes in patients with heart failure, atrial fibrillation and stroke. Left atrial volume (LAV) especially when corrected for body size (LAVi), is a more accurate representation of true LA size. Therefore we studied left atrial volume index (LAVi) in elderly patients with left ventricle anterior infarction and correlated LAVi with left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) and transmitral Doppler flow. We found LAVi was significantly raised in elderly patients who suffered from AMI (26.7 + 2.1 vs 10.8 + 2.9) (p < 0.005). There was significant negative correlation of LAVi with LVEF, E wave peak velocity and decceleration time. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 24482942 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 61 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Journal | The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.japi.org/may_2013/03_oa_echocardiographic_assessment_of_left.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |