INFLUENCE OF ALTERED LOADING CONDITIONS ON LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE FUNCTION IN-VIVO

Authors
ITO T SUWA M KOBASHI A YAGI H HIROTA Y KAWAMURA K
Citation
T. Ito et al., INFLUENCE OF ALTERED LOADING CONDITIONS ON LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE FUNCTION IN-VIVO, The American journal of cardiology, 81(8), 1998, pp. 1056
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
81
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)81:8<1056:IOALCO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
This study sought to examine the influence of heart failure treatment on left atrial (LA) appendage function in 10 patients with left ventri cular dysfunction. After treatment of heart failure, LA appendage func tion markedly improved, less dependent on LA and left ventricular func tions, which suggests that with altered loading conditions, LA appenda ge function changes chiefly through its intrinsic contractile property .