Establishing ventricular and left atrial size and function in normal ...

A new study published in Frontiers of Medicine focuses on establishing normative values for left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) size and function using ...

Normal human left and right ventricular and left atrial dimensions ...

With increased age, males showed a significant decrease in volume and mass indices for both ventricles, while female values remained unchanged. Compared to ...

Multi-modality assessment and role of left atrial function as ... - NCBI

The left atrium (LA) plays a vital role in maintaining normal cardiac function. LA volume and function have been utilised as important imaging biomarkers, ...

The increasing importance of left atrial size assessment

The left atrial mechanical function has three distinct phases (passive emptying, conduit phase and active emptying), which are modulated by the compliance of ...

Left Atrial Structure and Function, and Left Ventricular Diastolic ...

2DE = 2-dimensional echocardiography; 3DE = 3-dimensional echocardiography; LA = left atrium; NL = normal limit; PreA = immediately before atrial contraction.

Left Atrial Structure and Function, and Left Ventricular Diastolic ...

LA volume has been used as a surrogate of the chronicity and severity of LVDD. However, volume is an insensitive biomarker of the early phases ...

Left Atrial Size and Function in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ...

LA diameter, volume, and strain all relate to new-onset AF in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients. In patients with normal LA size, however, ...

Evaluation of Left Atrial Size and Function: Relevance for Clinical ...

Left atrial volume is a surrogate marker of the severity and chronicity of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction.

Evaluation of Left Atrial Size and Function: Relevance for Clinical ...

Left atrial volume is a surrogate marker of the severity and chronicity of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction.5 Additionally, LAVmax is a biomarker for ...

Reference Normal Absolute and Indexed Values From ECG-Gated ...

CONCLUSION. Left atrial volume, function, and diameter normalized to age, sex, and body surface area can be reported from CTA datasets and may provide ...

Atrial fibrillation and left atrial size and function: a Mendelian ...

A causal association between AF and LA stroke volume was not established. One potential explanation for this discrepancy is that AF increases ...

Complexities of Left Atrial Analysis | Circulation

The left atrium has 3 main functions: reservoir, conduit, and booster. During ventricular systole, the LA functions as a reservoir, accepting ...

Left atrial function: physiology, assessment, and clinical implications

Thirdly, the LA actively contracts during the final phase of diastole and contributes between 15 and 30% of LV stroke volume.9–12 As a continuum ...

Evaluation of Left Atrial Size and Function: Relevance for Clinical ...

Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal cardiac chamber size: results from the NORRE study ... Left atrial relaxation and left ventricular systolic function ...

Left Atrium Size and the Risk of Cardiovascular Death in Middle ...

Left atrium diameter was measured in the parasternal long axis view from trailing edge of the posterior aortic root-anterior LA complex to the posterior LA wall ...

Left atrial size predicts outcome in severe but asymptomatic mitral ...

Left atrial (LA) size is affected by MR severity, left ventricular function and is also associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation and may ...

Left Atrial Size: Physiologic Determinants and Clinical Applications

In subjects without primary atrial pathology or congenital heart or mitral valve disease, increased LA volume usually reflects elevated ventricular filling ...

Distorted assessment of left atrial size by echocardiography in ...

... function of LAD P-A only for those with a normal size AoR. In contrast, LA volume increase correlated with LA diameters assessed in the ...

Impact of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction on left atrial volume ...

Pseudonormal (Grade II) is differentiated from normal by having (i) PV atrial reversal duration longer than mitral A duration by 30 ms; or (ii) ...

Reference left atrial dimensions and volumes by steady state free ...

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been applied for the measurement of left and right ventricular volumes, systolic function and mass ...