Relation between paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and left ventricular diastolic function in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Am J Cardiol. 2001 Jul 15;88(2):160-2, A5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01611-3.

Abstract

The relation between left ventricular filling pattern and the occurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation was evaluated using Doppler echocardiography in a prospective series of 157 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after acute myocardial infarction was often associated with a higher restrictive filling pattern.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrial Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Coronary Circulation / physiology
  • Diastole / physiology
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology