title: [Does the left atrial dimension predict the short-term effect of electric cardioversion?].
abstract: The authors evaluate in their retrospective investigation the influence of the left atrium, assessed by echocardiography, on the short-term effect of electric cardioversion in auricular fibrillation. The group comprises 44 patients divided into four groups: ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy and specific myocardial affection, mitral stenosis and idiopathic fibrillation. The authors did not find a significant difference between the left atrial diameter in patients with successful electric cardioversion (ECV) (44.4 +/- 8.2 mm) and patients with not successful ECV (43.4 +/- 6.7 mm). The authors did not prove the influence of age and aetiology of fibrillation on the effect of ECV. The size of the left atrium alone does not possess a significant predictive value when estimating the short-term effect of ECV.
authors: Geriatrická klinika Fakultnej nemocnice s poliklinikou Krajského ústavu národného zdravia, Kosice.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Stancák
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Pella
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Resetár
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Dubíková
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Palinský
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Bodnár
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Predpovedá rozmer l'avej predsiene krátkodobý efekt elektrickej kardioverzie?