Left atrial enlargement refers to dilation of the left atrium which occurs from multiple disease states that can chronically increase the left atrial pressure. These include congestive heart failure, ...

Martin A. Alpert, MD, FCCP; Boyd E. Terry, MD; Charles R. Hamm, MD; T. Michael Fan, MD, PhD; Michael V. Cohen, MD; Clara V. Massey, MD; and Jack A. Painter, MD ...

The 2013 Joint European Society of Cardiology and European Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension advise that a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) should be ...

Background: Atrial function is an integral part of cardiac function that is often neglected. The presence of left ventricule hypertrophy (LVH) due to arterial hypertension may impair atrial function.

Age, gender, and body size can affect the size of the left atrium, but several medical conditions can also be responsible. The left atrium is one of the four chambers of the heart. It’s located in the ...

This patient had severe mitral stenosis from rheumatic mitral valve disease causing massive left atrial enlargement. Note the morphology of the PVC in lead V1. The R is greater than the R' in a right ...

The correct diagnosis is sinus tachycardia, left atrial abnormality, and QRS (electrical) alternans, right axis caused by left posterior fascicular block (Figure 2). The rhythm is regular at a rate of ...

There is clearly a tachycardia with narrow QRS complexes indicating a supraventricular rhythm. The clues to the aetiology are the heart rate of almost exactly 150 / min and the saw tooth waves seen ...

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 ...

HealthDay News — Long-term drinking of even moderate amounts of alcohol may enlarge the left atrium and thereby contribute to atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study published online Sept. 14 ...