title: Prognostic value of left atrium remodeling after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between left atrial (LA) size and outcome after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and to evaluate dynamic changes in LA size during long-term follow-up. Echocardiographic analyses were performed on 253 AMI patients (174 male and 79 female, 65.4 ± 13.7 yr) undergoing PCI. These subjects were studied at baseline and at 12 months. Clinical follow-up were done at 30.8 ± 7.5 months. We assessed LA volume index (LAVI) at AMI-onset and at 12-month. Change of LAVI was an independent predictor of new onset of atrial fibrillation or hospitalization for heart failure (P = 0.002). Subjects who survived the 12-month period displayed an increased LAVI mean of 1.86 ± 4.01 mL/m(2) (from 26.1 ± 8.6 to 28.0 ± 10.1 mL/m(2), P < 0.001). The subject group that displayed an increased LAVI correlated with a low left ventricular ejection fraction, large left ventricle systolic and diastolic dimensions and an enlarged LA size. In conclusion, change of LAVI is useful parameter to predict subsequent adverse cardiac event in AMI patients. Post-AMI echocardiographic evaluation of LAVI provides important prognostic information that is significantly greater than that obtained from clinical and laboratory parameters alone.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Carollo Hospital, Suncheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jang Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Su Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Cheol hwan
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Yeong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Myung Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Dong Han
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Mun
authors.forename: Jun Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Kye Hun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors