Right atrial structure and function in patients with hypertension and with chronic heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies have shown that both heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are factors that impact left atrial function and structure. However, right atrial (RA) function measured as RA emptying fraction (RAEF) on echocardiography has not been analyzed systematically in a chronic HF population. The aim of this study was to assess RA volume index (RAVI) and RAEF in patients with chronic HF and patients with hypertension (HTN) and to relate these findings to other cardiopulmonary ultrasound parameters and 12-month outcomes.

Methods and results

In this prospective observational study, we identified 119 patients with chronic HF (64 patients without a history of AF [HF without AF], 55 with AF [HF with AF]), and 127 patients with HTN but without important cardia

SUBMITTER: Proplesch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6035770 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature