Assessment of left atrial appendage function and its relationship to pulmonary venous flow pattern by transesophageal echocardiography

• Published in: International journal of cardiology Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 121 - 126
• Main Authors: Tükek, Tufan, Atilgan, Dursun, Akkaya, Vakur, Kudat, Hasan, Demirel, Seref, Özcan, Mustafa, Korkut, Ferruh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.04.2001; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Atrial Appendage; Atrial Fibrillation - physiopathology; Atrial Function, Left; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Flow Velocity; Cardiology. Vascular system; Echocardiography, Doppler; Echocardiography, Transesophageal; Endocardial and cardiac valvular diseases; Female; Heart; Humans; Left atrial appendage function; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve Stenosis - physiopathology; Pulmonary Veins; Pulmonary venous flow; Statistics, Nonparametric; Systole; Left atrial appendage function; Pulmonary venous flow; Sonography; Human; Regional blood flow; Mitral valve; Prognosis; Left auricular appendage; Cardiovascular disease; Narrowing; Duplex ultrasonography; Cardiac valvular disease; Medical imagery; Esophageal route; Pulmonary vein

We evaluated left atrial appendage function and its relationship to pulmonary venous flow in 53 patients divided into four groups. Group 1 consisted of 10 normal subjects. Group 2 included 15 patients with significant pure mitral stenosis in sinus rhythm. In group 3, there were 13 patients with pure...