Recommendations for cardiac chamber quantification by echocardiography in adults: an update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European …

RM Lang, LP Badano, V Mor-Avi… - European Heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The rapid technological developments of the past decade and the changes in
echocardiographic practice brought about by these developments have resulted in the need …

EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus on atrial cardiomyopathies: definition, characterization, and clinical implication

A Goette, JM Kalman, L Aguinaga, J Akar… - Heart …, 2017 - heartrhythmjournal.com
The atria provide an important contribution to cardiac function. 1, 2 Besides their impact on
ventricular filling, they serve as a volume reservoir, host pacemaker cells and important parts …

EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus on atrial cardiomyopathies: definition, characterization, and clinical implication

A Goette, JM Kalman, L Aguinaga, J Akar… - Ep …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The atria provide an important contribution to cardiac function. 1, 2 Besides their impact on
ventricular filling, they serve as a volume reservoir, host pacemaker cells and important parts …

Prevention of Pathological Atrial Remodeling and Atrial Fibrillation: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

YC Chen, A Voskoboinik, AL Gerche… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
Atrial enlargement in response to pathological stimuli (eg, hypertension, mitral valve
disease) and physiological stimuli (exercise, pregnancy) can be comparable in magnitude …

Cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of incident atrial fibrillation: results from the Henry Ford Exercise Testing (FIT) Project

WT Qureshi, Z Alirhayim, MJ Blaha, SP Juraschek… - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Poor cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is an independent risk factor for
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, the relationship between CRF and atrial …

Left atrial mechanical function and incident ischemic cerebrovascular events independent of AF: insights from the MESA study

M Habibi, M Zareian, B Ambale Venkatesh… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2019 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to assess the association of baseline left atrial (LA) phasic
function measured with cardia magnetic resonance (CMR) and incident ischemic …

Point-of-care cardiac ultrasound techniques in the physical examination: better at the bedside

BJ Kimura - Heart, 2017 - heart.bmj.com
The development of hand-carried, battery-powered ultrasound devices has created a new
practice in ultrasound diagnostic imaging, called 'point-of-care'ultrasound (POCUS) …

Sodium‐glucose cotransporter‐2 inhibitor prevents stroke in patients with diabetes and atrial fibrillation

SN Chang, JJ Chen, PS Huang, CK Wu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increasing risk of thromboembolic or
ischemic stroke. The CHA2DS2‐VASc score is a well‐established predictor of AF stroke …

[HTML][HTML] A high triglyceride-glucose index is associated with left ventricular dysfunction and atherosclerosis

TH Chiu, HJ Tsai, HYC Chiou, PY Wu… - … Journal of Medical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index has been reported to be a simple and
reliable surrogate marker of insulin resistance. The aim of this study was to investigate …

The atrium and embolic stroke: myopathy not atrial fibrillation as the requisite determinant?

JK Sajeev, JM Kalman, H Dewey, JC Cooke… - Clinical …, 2020 - jacc.org
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is well-recognized in the pathophysiology of left atrial thrombogenesis
and resultant cardioembolic stroke. Subclinical AF is believed to account for a significant …