Assessment of Left Atrial Structure and Function by Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation.
Mengmeng JiLin HeLang GaoYixia LinMing-Xing XieYuman LiPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia with significant morbidity and mortality. Exacerbated by the aging population, the prevalence of AF is gradually increasing. Accurate evaluation of structure and function of left atrium (LA) has important prognostic significance in patients with AF. Echocardiography is the imaging technique of first choice to assess LA structure and function due to its better availability, accessibility and safety over cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance. Therefore, the aim of this review is to summarize the recent research progress of evaluating LA size by three-dimensional echocardiography and LA function by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in predicting the occurrence and recurrence of AF and determining the risk of stroke in AF. In addition, we summarized the role of traditional echocardiography in detecting AF patients that are at high risk of heart failure or cardiovascular death.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- left ventricular
- catheter ablation
- computed tomography
- heart failure
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- pulmonary hypertension
- direct oral anticoagulants
- magnetic resonance
- mitral valve
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- high resolution
- positron emission tomography
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- risk factors
- contrast enhanced
- ejection fraction
- risk assessment
- prognostic factors
- venous thromboembolism
- free survival
- dual energy
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- cerebral ischemia
- inferior vena cava
- chronic kidney disease
- subarachnoid hemorrhage