Echocardiographic evaluation of atrial remodelling for the prognosis of maintaining sinus rhythm after electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation

P Wałek, J Roskal-Wałek, P Dłubis… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common atrial tachyarrhythmia. One of the methods of AF
treatment is direct current cardioversion (DCCV), but in the long-term follow-up we observe …

Effect of the alterations in contractility and morphology produced by atrial fibrillation on the thrombosis potential of the left atrial appendage

D Vella, A Monteleone, G Musotto, GM Bosi… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia mainly affecting the elderly population, which
can lead to serious complications such as stroke, ischaemic attack and vascular dementia …

Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial appendage morphology and function—an expert proposal by the German Working Group of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

A Hagendorff, S Stöbe, A Helfen, F Knebel… - Clinical Research in …, 2024 - Springer
The left atrial appendage is a blind ending cardiac structure prone to blood stasis due to its
morphology. This structure is a preferred region of thrombogenesis in relation to reduced …

Left atrial mechanical remodelling assessed as the velocity of left atrium appendage wall motion during atrial fibrillation is associated with maintenance of sinus …

P Wałek, J Sielski, I Gorczyca, J Roskal-Wałek… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The velocity of left atrium appendage (LAA) wall motion during atrial fibrillation (AF) is a
potential marker of mechanical remodelling. In this study, we investigated whether the …

Enhancing stroke risk stratification in atrial fibrillation through non‐Newtonian blood modelling and Gaussian process emulation

P Melidoro, ARA Sultan, A Qureshi… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart arrhythmia, linked to a five‐fold increase in
stroke risk. The left atrial appendage (LAA), prone to blood stasis, is a common thrombus …

Assessment of left atrial appendage function by echocardiography

T Ito, M Suwa - Heart Failure Reviews, 2023 - Springer
The left atrial appendage (LAA) is considered not only to be the most frequent site of
thrombus formation, but also to play a pivotal role in maintaining normal cardiac function …

Thrombogenesis and hemodynamics in left atrium under atrial fibrillation

J Lameu, I Sandoval, J Salinet - 2022 Computing in Cardiology …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia increasing the risk of
stroke in five-fold. Improving knowledge at its development and prevention is crucial for AF …

Morphing the left atrium geometry: The role of the pulmonary veins on flow patterns and thrombus formation

S Rodríguez-Aparicio, C Ferrera… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Background: Although significant advances have been made in the field of computational
fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate the left atrium (LA) in atrial fibrillation (AF) conditions, the …

Influence of the flow split ratio on the position of the main atrial vortex: implications for stasis on the left atrial appendage

S Rodríguez-Aparicio, C Ferrera… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Background: Despite recent advances made in recent years with computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) techniques applied to blood flow within the left atrium (LA), the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] 经食管超声心动图评估左心耳形态结构和功能的研究进展

陈晓灿 - Advances in Clinical Medicine, 2023 - hanspub.org
左心耳是心房颤动患者血栓最常见的发生部位, 评估左心耳形态结构和功能可为心房颤动患者
早期卒中风险评估提供重要参考依据, 使其成为研究热点. 本文就经食管超声心动图评估左心耳 …