ArticleClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2022
Changes in left atrial function in patients undergoing cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: relevance of left atrial strain in heart failure.
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- Left Ventricular Mechanics Are Associated with Short-Term Sinus Rhythm Maintenance After Electrical Cardioversion in Atrial Fibrillation.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
- Left Atrial Dysfunction in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure.Current cardiology reports · 2025Review
- Discordance between left atrial pressure and risk scores in assessment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Running on empty: Factors underpinning impaired cardiac output reserve in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.Experimental physiology · 2025Review
- Global Research Progress on Radiofrequency Ablation in Cardiology.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
- Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Atrial Mechanics in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Electrical Cardioversion: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Proteolytic degradation of atrial sarcomere proteins underlies contractile defects in atrial fibrillation.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024Article
- CMR-based cardiac phenotyping in different forms of heart failure.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2024Article
- Imaging Advances in Heart Failure.Cardiac failure review · 2024Review
- Left Atrial Strain: Clinical Use and Future Applications-A Focused Review Article.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- High Incidence of Short-term Subsequent Atrial Fibrillation Following Restrictive Filling Mitral Flow Profile in Patients without Structural Heart Disease.Journal of cardiovascular echographyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLeft atrial (LA) reservoir strain provides prognostic information in patients with and without heart failure (HF), but might be altered by atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of the current study was to investigate changes of LA deformation in patients undergoing cardioversion (CV) for first-time diagnosis of AF. METHODS AND
resultsWe performed 3D-echocardiography and strain analysis before CV (Baseline), after 25 ± 10 days (FU-1) and after 190 ± 20 days (FU-2). LA volumes, reservoir, conduit and active function were measured. In total, 51 patients were included of whom 35 were in SR at FU-1 (12 HF and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)), while 16 had ongoing recurrence of AF (9 HFpEF). LA maximum volume was unaffected by cardioversion (Baseline vs. FU-2: 41 ± 11 vs 40 ± 10 ml/m
conclusionReestablished SR improves LA reservoir strain by restoring LA active strain. Despite prolonged atrial stunning following CV, preserved SR might be of hemodynamic and prognostic benefit in HFpEF.
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