Left atrial deformation parameters predict left atrial appendage function and thrombus in patients in sinus rhythm with suspected cardioembolic stroke: A speckle tracking and transesophageal echocardiography study

Echocardiography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 572-581

  Karabay, Can Yücel ^a   Zehir, Regayip ^a   Güler, Ahmet ^a   Oduncu, Vecih ^a   Kalayci, Arzu ^a   Aung, Soe Moe ^a   Karagoz, Ali ^a   Tanboga, Ibrahim Halil ^b   Candan, Ozkan ^a   Gecmen, Cetin ^a   Erkol, Ayhan ^a   Esen, Ali Metin ^a   Kirma, Cevat ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Erzurum Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cardioembolic stroke; left atrial appendage function; left atrial deformation parameters; speckle tracking echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE THROMBUS; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SPECKLE TRACKING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84876133671     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/echo.12089     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Ferro JM: Cardioembolic stroke: An update. Lancet Neurol 2003;2:177-188.
2. Kistler JP: Cerebral embolism. Compr Ther 1996;22:515-530.
3. Sacco RL, Ellenberg JH, Mohr JP, et al: Infarcts of undetermined cause: The NINCDS Stroke Data Bank. Ann Neurol 1989;25:382-390.
4. Pepi M, Evangelista A, Nihoyannopoulos P, et al: Recommendations for echocardiography use in the diagnosis and management of cardiac sources of embolism: European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (a registered branch of the ESC). Eur J Echocardiogr 2010;11: 461-476.
5. Leung DY, Black IW, Cranney GB, et al: Selection of patients for transesophageal echocardiography after stroke and systemic embolic events. Role of transthoracic echocardiography. Stroke 1995;26:1820-1824.
6. Ozer N, Tokgözoǧlu L, Ovünç K, et al: Left atrial appendage function in patients with cardioembolic stroke in sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2000;13:661-665.
7. Agmon Y, Khandheria BK, Gentile F, et al: Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with left atrial thrombus and sinus rhythm: Experience in 20 643 consecutive transesophageal echocardiographic examinations. Circulation 2002;105:27-31.
8. Kamalesh M, Copeland TB, Sawada S: Severely reduced left atrial appendage function: A cause of embolic stroke in patients in sinus rhythm? J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1998;11:902-904.
9. Ellis K, Ziada KM, Vivekananthan D, et al: Transthoracic echocardiographic predictors of left atrial appendage thrombus. Am J Cardiol 2006;97:421-425.
10. Trambaiolo P, Salustri A, Tanga M, et al: Assessment of left atrial appendage wall velocities by transesophageal tissue Doppler echocardiography: A clinical study in patients with sinus rhythm. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002;15:425-432.
11. Adams HP Jr, del Zoppo G, Alberts MJ, et al: American Heart Association; American Stroke Association Stroke Council; Clinical Cardiology Council; Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention Council; Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease and Quality of Care Outcomes in Research Interdisciplinary Working Groups: Guidelines for the early management of adults with ischemic stroke. Stroke 2007;38:1655-1711.
12. Nagueh SF, Appleton CP, Gillebert TC, et al: Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009;22:107-133.
13. Tsang TS, Barnes ME, Bailey KR, et al: Left atrial volume: Important risk marker of incident atrial fibrillation in 1655 older men and women. Mayo Clin Proc 2001;76:467-475.
14. Kurt M, Wang J, Torre-Amione G, et al: Left atrial function in diastolic heart failure. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2009;2:10-15.
15. Kurt M, Tanboga IH, Aksakal E, et al: Relation of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level with left atrial deformation parameters. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2012;13:524-530.
16. Yakar Tuluce S, Kayikcioglu M, Tuluce K, et al: Assessment of left atrial appendage function during sinus rhythm in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Transesophageal echocardiography and tissue doppler study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010;23:1207-1216.
17. Levey AS, Bosch JP, Lewis JB, et al: A more accurate method to estimate glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine: A new prediction equation. Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Group. Ann Intern Med 1999;130:461-470.
18. Sacco RL, Adams R, Albers G, et al: Guidelines for prevention of stroke in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack: A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Council on Stroke: Co-Sponsored by the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention: The American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline. Stroke 2006;37:577-617.
19. Flachskampf FA, Decoodt P, Fraser AG, et al: Subgroup on Transesophageal Echocardiography and Valvular Heart Disease; Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology. Recommendations for performing transesoephageal echocardiography. Eur J Echocardiogr 2001;2:8-21.
20. Handke M, Harloff A, Hetzel A, et al: Left atrial appendage flow velocity as a quantitative surrogate parameter for thromboembolic risk: Determinants and relationship to spontaneous echocontrast and thrombus formation-a transesophageal echocardiographic study in 500 patients with cerebral ischemia. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2005;18:1366-1372.
21. Leung DY, Boyd A, Ng AA, et al: Echocardiographic evaluation of left atrial size and function: Current understanding, pathophysiologic correlates, and prognostic implications. Am Heart J 2008;156:1056-1064.
22. To AC, Flamm SD, Marwick TH, et al: Clinical utility of multimodality LA imaging: Assessment of size, function, and structure. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2011;4:788-798.
23. Saraiva RM, Demirkol S, Buakhamsri A, et al: Left atrial strain measured by two-dimensional speckle tracking represents a new tool to evaluate left atrial function. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010;23:172-180.
24. Demirkol S, Kucuk U, Baysan O, et al: The impact of mitral stenosis on left atrial function assessed by twodimensional speckle tracking echocardiography. Echocardiography. 2012;29:1064-1070.
25. Tsai WC, Lee CH, Lin CC, et al: Association of left atrial strain and strain rate assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography 2009;26:1188-1194.
26. Cameli M, Caputo M, Mondillo S, et al: Feasibility and reference values of left atrial longitudinal strain imaging by two-dimensional speckle tracking. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2009;7:6.
27. Wakami K, Ohte N, Asada K, et al: Correlation between left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and peak left atrial wall strain during left ventricular systole. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009;22:847-851.
28. Kuppahally SS, Oakes RS, Fish EN, et al: Left atrial strain in patients with atrial fibrillation: Relationship to fibrosis by delayed enhancement-MRI (AHA Abstract 5664). Circulation 2008;118:S980.
29. Virchow RLK: Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur Wissenschaftlichen Medicin. In Virchow RLK(ed.): Thrombosis and Emboli (1846-1856). Matzdorff AC, Bell WR (transl). Frankfurt: Meidinger Sohn & Co., 1856, pp. 5-11.
30. Lip GY, Blann AD: Thrombogenesis, atherogenesis and angiogenesis in vascular disease: A new 'vascular triad'. Ann Med 2004;36:119-125.
31. Wolberg AS, Aleman MM, Leiderman K, et al: Procoagulant activity in hemostasis and thrombosis: Virchow's triad revisited. Anesth Analg 2012;114:275-285.
32. Thambidorai SK, Parakh K, Martin DO, et al: Relation of C-reactive protein correlates with risk of thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 2004;94:805-807.
33. Lin YJ, Tsao HM, Chang SL, et al: Prognostic implications of the high-sensitive C-reactive protein in the catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 2010;105:495-501.
34. Conway DS, Buggins P, Hughes E, et al: Relationship of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein to the prothrombotic state in chronic atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;43:2075-2082.
35. Ederhy S, Di Angelantonio E, Dufaitre G, et al: C-reactive protein and transesophageal echocardiographic markers of thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. Int J Cardiol 2012;159:40-46.
36. Kaya MG, Akpek M, Elcik D, et al: Relation of left atrial spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in patients with mitral stenosis to inflammatory markers. Am J Cardiol 2012;109:851-855.