Age, gender, and body size can affect the size of the left atrium, but several medical conditions can also be responsible. The left atrium is one of the four chambers of the heart. It’s located in the ...

Patients who have had an embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) and have moderate-to-severe left atrial enlargement may benefit from empiric treatment with a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC), a ...

Idiopathic premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) may cause subtle changes in left atrium (LA) structure and function. The authors of an article published in Cardiovascular Innovations and ...

Left atrial enlargement refers to dilation of the left atrium which occurs from multiple disease states that can chronically increase the left atrial pressure. These include congestive heart failure, ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA — A third of older patients with no atrial fibrillation (AF) symptoms with a high risk for stroke (a high CHA 2 DS 2-VASc score) and for AF (an enlarged left atrium) had short episodes ...

Moderate consumption of alcohol is often touted as being heart healthy based on studies of coronary disease risk, but the message around drinking might be more complicated than that. Results of a new ...

64 year old women with multiple myeloma and renal failure. Clinical findings include the following: peripheral edema, jugular venous distension and pleural effusion. Blood pressure is 115/80. The ...

Subclinical left atrial enlargement (LAE) is highly prevalent in patients with stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and it is strongly associated with plasma sodium concentration, according to a ...

The recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after catheter ablation occurs in 11% to 41% of patients. 1 A recent study by Masuda and colleagues 2 reports that the presence of left atrial low-voltage ...