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JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
卷 7, 期 2, 页码 465-473出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1081/JCMR-200053618
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atrial volume; atrial function; ventricular volume; ventricular function; atrial fibrillation; magnetic resonance imaging
Left atrial size is independently related to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and atrial fibrillation (AF) is strongly associated with atrial size. Our aims were to report atrial and ventricular dimensions in patients with AF evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to assess the inter-study reproducibility of the measurements. Nineteen healthy volunteers, 19 patients with permanent AF, and 58 patients with persistent AF had cardiac dimensions evaluated by 6-mm cinematographic breath-hold MRI scans using a 1.5 Tesla Siemens Vision Magnetom scanner with a phased array chest coil. Intraobserver variability and inter-study reproducibility of the cardiac volumes and ejection fractions (EF) gave acceptable Bland-Altman plots, good correlations (R-2: 0.80 - 0.99), and low reproducibility coefficients. The mean atrial volumes were similar in the two groups with AF [systolic vol. index ( SVI): 75.9 - 80.3 mL/m(2); diastolic vol. index (DVI): 77.4 - 82.1 mL/m(2)] and significantly different from the healthy volunteers (SVI: 30.3 mL/m(2); DVI: 62.3 mL/m(2); p < 0.0001). Mean left ventricular (LV) volumes and EF were significantly different in permanent AF ( SVI: 34.2 mL/m(2); DVI: 68.3 mL/m(2); EF: 50.8%) compared to persistent AF [ SVI: 44.0 mL/m(2) ( p = 0.02); DVI: 77.2 mL/m(2) ( p = 0.03); EF: 44.9% ( p = 0.02)], and closer to the normal values ( SVI: 22.4 mL/m(2); DVI: 66.5 mL/m(2); EF: 67.0%). MRI is a highly reproducible method for measurement of atrial and ventricular dimensions in healthy volunteers and in patients with AF. Our results suggest that atrial dilatation appears within the first months of AF and stays more or less unchanged thereafter. The LV appears to dilate early as a response to AF, but later seems to adapt.
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