The study exposure was active cancer. The study outcome was atrial cardiopathy, defined as a left atrial volume index ≥35 mL/m 2 as determined by echocardiography. We used multivariable logistic ...

What causes atrial fibrillation? There are many potential causes of atrial fibrillation, like having a certain heart birth defect or a health condition that damages the heart's electrical system, such ...

Left Atrial Enlargement: An increase in the size of the left atrium of the heart, which can be a risk factor for developing AF. U-shaped Relationship: A type of association where both low and high ...

Background A 60-year-old male with obesity (body-mass index 43 kg/m 2) presented with recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF), which he had had since age 41 years. The AF was refractory to ...

or underlying heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction. These conditions lead to atrial enlargement, which causes the dilatation of the mitral annulus and subsequent MR development.1 The ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect life expectancy due to factors that include age, underlying health conditions, race, and how this common cardiac arrhythmia—or abnormal heart rhythm— is treated.

Atrial fibrillation (AF ... MS represented 9% of left-sided native valve disease in Europe in 2001, 85% being of rheumatic origin. In children from low-income and middle-income countries, the ...

When people say 1-year-old Brevik Martin has a big heart, they aren’t just referring to his sweet demeanor. Brevik, of Rosemount, was born with a rare condition called right atrial appendage ...

This makes the heart have to work harder overall, and can increase your risk of blood clots because of the blood that is left behind after an incomplete beat. There are a number of ways atrial ...