Hemodynamic rounds series III: Hemodynamics of the human left atrial appendage

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 238-244

  Eisenhauer, Michael D ^a,b   Bach, Richard ^c   Brunts, John ^a   Kern, Morton J ^a,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MALE; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

ADULT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0034040064     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200006)50:2<238::AID-CCD21>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Hoit BD, Walsh RA. Regional atrial distensibility. Am J Physiol 1992;262:H1356-H1360.
2. Suga H. Importance of atrial compliance in cardiac performance. Circ Res 1974;35:39-43.
3. Alexander J Jr, Sunagawa K, Change N, Sagawa K. Instantaneous pressure-volume relation of the ejecting canine left atrium. Circ Res 1987;61:209-219.
4. White CW, Kerber RE, Weiss, HR, Marcus ML. The effects of atrial fibrillation on atrial pressure-volume and flow relationships. Circ Res 1982;51:205-215.
5. Kihara Y, Sasayama S, Miyazaki S, Onodera T, Susawa T, Nakamura K, Fujiwara H, Kawai C. Role of the left atrium in adaptation of the heart to chronic mitral regurgitation in concious dogs. Circ Res 1988;62:543-553.
6. Kortz RAM, Delamarre BJ, Van Dantzig JM, Bot H, Kamp O, Visser CA. Left atrial appendage blood flow determined by transesophageal echocardiography in healthy subjects. Am J Cardiol 1993;71:976-981.
7. Li YH, Hwang JJ, Lin JL, Tseng YZ, Lien WP. Importance of left atrial appendage function as a risk factor for systemic thromboembolism in patients with rheumatic mitral valve disease. Am J Cardiol 1996;78:844-847.
8. Hintze TH, McIntyre JJ, Patel MB, Shapiro JT, DeLeonardis M, Zeballos GA, Loud AB. Atrial wall functdion and plasma atriopeptin during volume expansion in concious dogs. Am J Physiol 1989;256:H713-H719.
9. Lin JM, Hsu KL, Hwang JJ, Li YH, Tseng YZ. Effects of percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on left atrial appendage flow velocity. Am J Cardiol 1995;76:609-611.
10. Hoit BD, Shao Y, Tsai LM, Patel R, Gabel M, Walsh PA. Altered left atrial compliance after atrial appendectomy: influence on left atrial and ventricular filling. Circ Res 1993;72:167-175.
11. Davis CA III, Rembert JC, Greenfield JC Jr. Compliance of left atrium with and without left atrium appendage. Am J Physiol 1990;259:H1006-H1008.
12. Hoit BD, Shao Y, Gable M. Influence of acutely altered loading conditions on left atrial appendage flow velocities. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994;24:1117-1123.
13. Jue J, Winslow T, Fazio G, Redberg RF, Foster E, Schiller NB. Pulsed doppler characterization of left atrial appendage flow. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1993;6:237-244.
14. Agmon Y, Khandheria BK, Gentile F, Seward JB. Echocardiographic sssessment of the left atrial appendage. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999;34:1867-1877.
15. Coutois M, Kovacs SJ Jr, Ludbrook PA. The transmitral pressure-flow velocity relationship: the importance of regional pressure gradients in the left ventricle. Circulation 1988;78:661-671.
16. Lange RA, Moore DM, Cigarroa RG, Hillis LD. Use of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure to assess severity of mitral stenosis: is true left atrial pressure needed in this condition? J Am Coll Cardiol 1989;13:825-829.
17. Schoenfeld MH, Palacios IF, Hutter AM, Jacoby SS, Block PC. Underestimation of prosthetic mitral valve areas: role of transseptal catheterization in avoiding unnecessary repeat mitral valve surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol 1985;5:1387-1392.
18. Marzocchi A, Piovaccari G, Zimarino M, Branzi A, Magnani B. Adjustment of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure for wave delay increases the accuracy of mitral valve area measurement. J Heart Valve Dis 1995;4:242-246.
19. Azrak E, Kern MJ, Bach RG, Donohue TJ. Hemodynamic series II: hemodynamic evaluation of a stenotic bioprosthetic mitral valve. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1998;45:70-75.
20. Kern MJ, Azrak E. The best left atrial pressure measurement. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 1999;47:113.
21. Hosenpud JD, McAnulty JH, Morton MJ. Overestimation of mitral valve gradients obtained by phasic pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1983;9:283-290.
22. Dunn M. Is transseptal cateterization necessary? J Am Coll Cardiol 1985;5:1393-1394.
23. Friedman WF. Diseases of the heart, pericardium, aorta, and pulmonary vascular bed. In: Braunwald E, editor. Heart disease, 4th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1992. p 391.
24. Cromme-Dijkhuis AH, Bogers AJJC, Hess J. Isolated pulmonary vein stenosis in complex congenital heart disease, simulating cor triatriatum by cardiac catheterization and transesophageal echocardiography. Eur Heart J 1995;16:287-288.