Left Atrial Remodeling Assessed by Transthoracic Echocardiography Predicts Left Atrial Appendage Flow Velocity in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

  • Watanabe Atai
    Department of Advanced Medical Science, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
  • Suzuki Shinya
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Kano Hiroto
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Matsuno Syunsuke
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Takai Hideaki
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Kato Yuko
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Otsuka Takayuki
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Uejima Tokuhisa
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Oikawa Yuji
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Nagashima Kazuyuki
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Kirigaya Hajime
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Kunihara Takashi
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Sagara Koichi
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Yamashita Naohide
    Department of Advanced Medical Science, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
  • Sawada Hitoshi
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Aizawa Tadanori
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Yajima Junji
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute
  • Yamashita Takeshi
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of stroke and other thromboembolic events. Left atrial (LA) thrombus formation is closely related to LA dysfunction, particularly to decreased LA appendage flow velocity (LAA-FV) in patients with AF. We estimated LAA-FV using parameters noninvasively obtained by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in patients with paroxysmal AF.<br>Echocardiographic and clinical parameters were assessed in 190 patients with nonvalvular paroxysmal AF showing sinus heart rhythm during transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and TTE.<br>LAA-FV (60 ± 22 cm/s) significantly correlated with the time interval between the initiation of the P-wave on ECG and that of the A-wave of transmitral flow on TTE (PA-TMF, correlation coefficient, −0.32; P < 0.001), LA dimension (LAD, −0.31; P < 0.001), septal a’ velocity of tissue Doppler imaging (TDI, 0.35; P < 0.001), E/e’ ratio (−0.28, P < 0.001), E velocity of transmitral flow (−0.20, P = 0.008), E/A ratio of transmitral flow (−0.18, P = 0.02), CHA2DS2-VASc score (−0.15, P = 0.04), and BNP plasma level (−0.32, P = 0.002). Multivariate analysis revealed that PA-TMF (standardized partial regression coefficient, −0.17; P = 0.03), a’ velocity (0.24, P = 0.004), and LAD (−0.20, P = 0.01) were independent predictors of LAA-FV (multiple correlation coefficient R, 0.44; P < 0.001).<br>Parameters of atrial remodeling, ie, decreased a’ velocity, increased LAD, and PA-TMF during sinus rhythm may be useful predictors of LA blood stasis in patients with nonvalvular PAF. LAA-FV can be estimated using these TTE parameters instead of TEE.

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  • International Heart Journal

    International Heart Journal 57 (2), 177-182, 2016

    一般社団法人 インターナショナル・ハート・ジャーナル刊行会

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