Yoshimi Kageji

TL;DR: Even in patients in sinus rhythm, a marked elevation in the left atrial pressure is likely to reduce the leftAtrial appendage peak early and late emptying velocities, which may be accompanied by an increased incidence of thrombus formation in theleft atrial appendages compared with individuals with normal or only slightly elevated left atrium pressures.

TL;DR: The results suggest that shortening of the longitudinal fibers in early systole is impaired with increased age in healthy individuals, which results in insufficient spherical change in the LV cavity, although global LV pump function and myocardial contractility are maintained.

TL;DR: A decrease in the peak atrial systolic flow velocity appeared to be an important sign of left atrial appendage thrombus formation even in normal elderly subjects in sinus rhythm.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the recovery time of left atrial mechanical function after electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation, and found that active atrial systolic and relaxant variables obtained from transmitral and pulmonary venous flow velocities may reflect left arterial mechanical function.

TL;DR: Recording of peak atrial systolic LVIF and PVF by transesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiography permits detailed evaluation of LA syStolic performance in the presence of elevated LVEDP and these two variables provide important information for less invasive differentiation of LA afterload mismatch from LA myocardial failure.