Targeting subclinical ventricular dysfunction in atrial fibrillation: What can myocardial work add?

Elisa Gherbesi; Luca Bergamaschi; Carmine Pizzi; Stefano Carugo

doi:10.1111/echo.15830

Targeting subclinical ventricular dysfunction in atrial fibrillation: What can myocardial work add?

Echocardiography. 2024 May;41(5):e15830. doi: 10.1111/echo.15830.

Authors

Elisa Gherbesi¹, Luca Bergamaschi^{2

3}, Carmine Pizzi^{2

3}, Stefano Carugo^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Diseases, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
² Cardiology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences-DIMEC-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁴ Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 38727181
DOI: 10.1111/echo.15830

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) could impact on left ventricular function leading to a sublinical myocardial dysfunction, as identified by myocardial work parameters in a population-based cohort of AF patients compared with healthy individuals; factors associated with these parameters are also shown. SBP: systolic blood pressure; LAVI: left atrial volume index.

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; myocardial work; strain echocardiography.

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Fibrillation* / complications
Atrial Fibrillation* / physiopathology
Echocardiography / methods
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left* / complications
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left* / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left* / etiology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left* / physiopathology