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9339251

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Echocardiographic factors predictive of the maintenance of sinus rhythm after successful cardioversion were investigated in 94 patients with non-valvular atrial arrhythmias of recent onset. Seventy-five patients with atrial fibrillation and 19 with atrial flutter admitted for reduction of their arrhythmias underwent transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. After excluding a thrombus in the left atrial appendage or checking that it had disappeared (5 patients), and electrical (n = 74) or pharmacological (n = 20) cardioversion was successfully performed. The maintenance of sinus rhythm (n = 44) or recurrence of arrhythmia (n = 50) were controlled every 3 months for one year. The mean value of the peak positive blood flow in the left atrial appendage was 38 +/- 20 cm/s for the whole group. It was not possible to identify an echocardiographic parameter predictive of maintenance of sinus rhythm at one year either in the whole group or in the subgroups with atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation. In the group in atrial flutter, the mean value of the peak positive blood flow in the left atrial appendage was significantly greater than in the group with atrial fibrillation: 49 +/- 22 cm/s vs 35 +/- 18 cm/s, respectively; p < 0.05. The peak of positive flow in the left atrial appendage was statistically related to indirect parameters of left atrial function and of left ventricular function in the group with atrial fibrillation but only with parameters of left ventricular function in the smaller group with atrial flutter.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-9683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
911-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Echocardiographic factors predicting the maintenance of sinus rhythm one year after cardioversion for non-valvular atrial arrhythmias].
pubmed:affiliation
Fédération de cardiologie, hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract