Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and ...

Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement, upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, ...

Kuopio, Finland - Finnish researchers say left atrium (LA) size as detected by transthoracic echocardiography may be an important predictor of cardiovascular disease deaths in middle-aged men [1].

Women with atrial fibrillation are more likely to have enlarged left atrial diameter, and patients with atrial fibrillation and enlarged left atrial diameter, particularly women, are at increased risk ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — For patients with cryptogenic stroke, larger left atrial volume is a strong predictor that atrial fibrillation (AF) is the underlying cause, a new study suggests. This sign can be ...

Background: Limited data are available on the relation between left atrial size and outcome among patients referred for clinically indicated echocardiograms. Our aim was to assess the association of ...

Left atrial (LA) enlargement represents an early and common finding in hypertensive heart disease 1, 2 and, along with increased left ventricular (LV) mass, has been identified as an independent ...

Moderate consumption of alcohol is often touted as being heart healthy based on studies of coronary disease risk, but the message around drinking might be more complicated than that. Results of a new ...

See related research article by Bouzas-Mosquera and colleagues on page E657 and at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.091688. Although there are a variety of ...

Left atrial enlargement (LAE) is when the left side of the heart enlarges or swells, leading to breathlessness, fatigue, and other symptoms. It often affects people with high blood pressure and heart ...

Patients who have had an embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) and have moderate-to-severe left atrial enlargement may benefit from empiric treatment with a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC), a ...

We examined the association between three indices of arterial wall stiffness (office pulse pressure, pulse wave velocity, pressure strain modulus) and left atrial enlargement in 54 non-dipper and 36 ...