Author/Authors :
Popescu، نويسنده , , Bogdan A. and Macor، نويسنده , , Franco and Antonini-Canterin، نويسنده , , Francesco and Giannuzzi، نويسنده , , Pantaleo and Temporelli، نويسنده , , Pier L. and Bosimini، نويسنده , , Enzo and Gentile، نويسنده , , Francesco and Maggioni، نويسنده , , Aldo P. and Tavazzi، نويسنده , , Luigi and Piazza، نويسنده , , Rita and Ascione، نويسنده , , Luigi and Stoian، نويسنده , , Ioana ، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
To evaluate the existence, timing, and determinants of post-infarction left atrial remodeling, we studied a subgroup of 514 patients from the Third Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nellʹInfarto Miocardico Echo Substudy who underwent 4 serial 2-dimensional echocardiograms up to 6 months after acute myocardial infarction. This study is the first to demonstrate, in a large series of patients, the existence of early and late left atrial remodeling after low-risk acute myocardial infarction and the relation of left atrial remodeling to left ventricular remodeling.
