Left atrium remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (results of the GISSI-3 Echo Substudy)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.046Get rights and content

Abstract

To evaluate the existence, timing, and determinants of post-infarction left atrial remodeling, we studied a subgroup of 514 patients from the Third Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto Miocardico Echo Substudy who underwent 4 serial 2-dimensional echocardiograms up to 6 months after acute myocardial infarction. This study is the first to demonstrate, in a large series of patients, the existence of early and late left atrial remodeling after low-risk acute myocardial infarction and the relation of left atrial remodeling to left ventricular remodeling.

References (20)

There are more references available in the full text version of this article.

Cited by (0)

Dr. Popescu was supported by a Research Fellowship of the Associazione per la Ricerca in Cardiologia, Pordenone, Italy.

*

A list of investigators appears in Badano et al.13

View full text