Assessment of left atrial volume: a focus on echocardiographic methods and clinical implications.
Left atrial enlargement is an important predictor of cardiovascular events such as atrial fibrillation, stroke, heart failure and mortality. A number of methods of left atrial size assessment by echocardiography have been reported, from the simple antero-posterior diameter in the parasternal long axis view to the more complex ellipsoid, area-length and Simpson's method of estimating left atrial volume. These different methods of left atrial size assessment, their clinical implications and some common pitfalls are discussed in this review.
Khoo
Chee W
CW
City Hospital, University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK.
Krishnamoorthy
Suresh
S
Lim
Hoong Sern
HS
Lip
Gregory Y H
GY
D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D009929:Organ Size; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
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