Assessment of Left Atrial Appendage Function during Sinus Rhythm in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Transesophageal Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Study
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Selcen Yakar Tuluce, Latife Meral KAYIKÇIOĞLU, Kamil Tuluce, Meral Gulsum Yilmaz, Oner Ozdogan, Mehmet Aydin, Can HASDEMİR
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2010, vol 23, pp 1207-1216
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.08.016
Summary
Background: The incidence of systemic thromboembolism is high in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The authors hypothesized that vulnerability to such vascular events could be caused by depressed left atrial appendage (LAA) function during normal sinus rhythm (SR). The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate LAA contractile function during SR in patients with HCM.