Echocardiographic and clinical predictors for outcome of elective cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

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serval:BIB_3C7DA3E56958
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Echocardiographic and clinical predictors for outcome of elective cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
Journal
American Journal of Cardiology
Author(s)
Dittrich  H. C., Erickson  J. S., Schneiderman  T., Blacky  A. R., Savides  T., Nicod  P. H.
ISSN
0002-9149 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/1989
Volume
63
Number
3
Pages
193-7
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Jan 15
Abstract
Previous studies have suggested that success of elective direct-current cardioversion for atrial fibrillation (AF) can be predicted from clinical features and M-mode echocardiographic left atrial diameter. We evaluated clinical variables as well as M-mode and 2-dimensional echocardiographic measurements of atrial size in 85 patients undergoing electrical cardioversion for AF. Of 65 patients who were initially converted to sinus rhythm, 45 (69%) and 38 (58%) remained in sinus rhythm at 1 and 6 months, respectively. No historical feature predicted initial success, although patients with cardiomyopathy or pulmonary disease underlying their AF had significantly lower success rates compared with those having other etiologies. Furthermore, no M-mode or 2-dimensional echocardiographic measurements of atrial size predicted initial success of cardioversion. Maintenance of sinus rhythm at 1 month was related to short duration of AF before cardioversion (less than 3 months vs greater than 12 months, p less than 0.05). Left atrial area and long axis dimension by 2-dimensional echocardiography were significantly larger in patients remaining in sinus rhythm than in those who had reverted to AF at 1 month (28 +/- 7 vs 24 +/- 5 cm2 and 65 +/- 9 vs 59 +/- 8 mm, respectively, both p less than 0.05), but overlap was great. No significant difference in atrial dimensions was noted at 6-month follow-up. It appears that, although no clinical or echocardiographic variable predicts initial success for cardioversion of AF, duration of AF does predict maintenance of sinus rhythm 1 month after initial success.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Keywords
Aged Atrial Fibrillation/physiopathology/*therapy *Echocardiography *Electric Countershock Electrocardiography Female Follow-Up Studies Heart Atria/pathology Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies
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