Left atrial mechanical function in the healthy elderly: new insights from a combined assessment of changes in atrial volume and transmitral flow velocity

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
F TriposkiadisP Toutouzas

Abstract

To assess left atrial mechanical function in the elderly, 35 old (age > 70 years) and 18 sex-matched young (age < 50 years) healthy subjects were studied. Transmitral flow velocities were recorded with pulsed Doppler echocardiography. Left atrial volumes were measured echocardiographically at mitral valve opening (maximal) and closure (minimal) and at onset of atrial systole (P wave of the electrocardiogram) according to the biplane area-length method. Left atrial passive emptying was assessed with the passive emptying volume (maximal-volume at onset of atrial systole) and fraction (passive emptying volume/maximal). Left atrial active emptying was assessed with the active emptying volume (volume at onset of atrial systole-minimal) and fraction (active emptying volume/volume at onset of atrial systole) and with left atrial ejection force = 0.5.blood density.volume at onset of atrial systole.active emptying fraction.(A velocity)2/A integral. Left atrial volumes were greater in old compared with young subjects (maximal: 31 +/- 10 cm3/m2 vs 24 +/- 8 cm3/m2, p = 0.02; at onset of atrial systole: 23 +/- 8 cm3/m2 vs 15 +/- 5 cm3/m2, p = 0.0002; minimal: 13 +/- 5 cm3/m2 vs 9 +/- 4 cm3/m2, p = 0.001). Passive emptying volume and fractio...Continue Reading

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