title: Left atrium remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (results of the GISSI-3 Echo Substudy).
abstract: To evaluate the existence, timing, and determinants of post-infarction left atrial remodeling, we studied a subgroup of 514 patients from the Third Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto Miocardico Echo Substudy who underwent 4 serial 2-dimensional echocardiograms up to 6 months after acute myocardial infarction. This study is the first to demonstrate, in a large series of patients, the existence of early and late left atrial remodeling after low-risk acute myocardial infarction and the relation of left atrial remodeling to left ventricular remodeling.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Civile, Association for Research in Cardiology, Pordenone, Italy.
authors.forename: Bogdan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Popescu
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Macor
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Antonini-Canterin
authors.forename: Pantaleo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giannuzzi
authors.forename: Pier L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Temporelli
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bosimini
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: Aldo P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Maggioni
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tavazzi
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ascione
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stoian
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cervesato
authors.forename: Gian L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Nicolosi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology