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, ...

The 2013 Joint European Society of Cardiology and European Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension advise that a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) should be ...

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 ...

November 9, 2009 (Augsburg, Germany) — Both obesity and hypertension were independently significant risk factors for left atrial (LA) enlargement--a risk factor for atrial fibrillation--in >1000 ...

She has mitral valve stenosis. When left atrial enlargement (LAE) occurs, it takes longer for cardiac action potentials to travel through the atrial myocardium, thus the P wave length becomes longer.

Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement, upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, ...

Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and ...

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 ...

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 ...

I am in my early twenties two family members have died before the age of 50 due to heart attacks. I have occasional high blood pressure and my family has a history of cholesterol and diabetes. I was ...