The ECG shows sinus rhythm at 84 beats per minute with a left anterior fascicular block. Echocardiography demonstrates mild ...

Background Increased body mass index (BMI) leads to blood volume increase and left atrial enlargement (LAE). It is not known whether BMI and BMI change in midlife predispose to LAE later in life in a ...

Objectives Mitral regurgitation (MR) induces progressive atrial remodelling and dysfunction, yet conventional metrics may underestimate early mechanical impairment. This systematic review synthesised ...

Left atrial (LA) myopathy plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). This study aimed to evaluate LA function in a murine model of ...

Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction. By Rachel Nuwer Iñaki ...

For patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib) who had no contraindications to taking oral anticoagulants, the use of a device to close off the left atrial appendage in the heart—a small ...

For patients with atrial fibrillation, the use of oral anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke is limited by the risk of bleeding. Left atrial appendage closure is considered for patients who are ...

It is unclear whether patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction respond to spironolactone based on cardiac structure or function. In patients with heart failure with preserved ...

1. In this prospective cohort study, lifestyle behaviours, especially higher body mass index (BMI) and smoking, are associated with measurable changes in left-atrial size and function. Left atrial ...

Among patients with multiple myeloma (MM) undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent and high-risk complication, according to a study published ...

Recurrence after the first ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is common. Existing clinical and structural prediction models have limited performance. Peak atrial longitudinal strain ...

Atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) was prevalent in more than half of patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) and was associated with wild-type amyloid transthyretin (ATTRwt), higher ...