ArticleClinical cardiology2017
Left atrial function and mortality in the oldest old.
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- Distorted assessment of left atrial size by echocardiography in patients with increased aortic root diameter.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2021Article
- Association with left atrial volume index and long-term prognosis in patients without systolic dysfunction nor atrial fibrillation: an observational study.Heart and vessels · 2020Observational
- Association between lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation and mortality in the oldest old.Clinical cardiology · 2018Article
- Left atrial function and mortality in the oldest old.Clinical cardiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies demonstrated that left atrium (LA) size is associated with mortality in an elderly population. It remains unclear whether indices of LA function including reservoir, conduit, or booster elements of LA function provide incremental prognostic information. HYPOTHESIS: Echocardiographic measures of the various parameters of LA function would predict 5-year mortality in a community-dwelling population of 85 to 86 year olds independently of LA volume.
methodsSubjects ages 85 to 86 years old underwent home echocardiography. LA volumes were assessed by the biplane Simpson's method from apical views using measurements of phasic volumes and functions of the LA, including LA expansion index. LA passive and active emptying fractions were assessed. Survival status at 5-year follow-up was assessed.
resultsTwo hundred eighty-two subjects were included, of whom 87 (31%) had died at follow-up. Survival of the subjects in the lowest quartile of the LA expansion index as well as LA active filling index was significantly lower. When measurements of LA volume index were added to the model, the relationship between survival and indices of LA function remained significant.
conclusionsThis study demonstrated that elderly subjects aged 85 to 86 years with significantly impaired LA function had increased 5-year mortality independently of indices of LA volume.
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