ISTANBUL, Turkey — For patients with cryptogenic stroke, larger left atrial volume is a strong predictor that atrial fibrillation (AF) is the underlying cause, a new study suggests. This sign can be ...

Left atrial enlargement refers to dilation of the left atrium which occurs from multiple disease states that can chronically increase the left atrial pressure. These include congestive heart failure, ...

Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement, upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and death, ...

More than half of the patients who have suffered a stroke with no well-defined aetiology have an enlarged left atrial appendage of the heart, according to a study. The results indicate that the ...

New research shows that in world-class athletes, an enlarged heart may not raise the risk of heartbeat problems. Specifically, researchers looked at the heart's upper left chamber (the left atrium) in ...

Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia), stroke and ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA — A third of older patients with no atrial fibrillation (AF) symptoms with a high risk for stroke (a high CHA 2 DS 2-VASc score) and for AF (an enlarged left atrium) had short episodes ...

Moderate consumption of alcohol is often touted as being heart healthy based on studies of coronary disease risk, but the message around drinking might be more complicated than that. Results of a new ...

See related research article by Bouzas-Mosquera and colleagues on page E657 and at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.091688. Although there are a variety of ...

As noted above, BP variability is associated with LAE, even in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. Further studies are needed to better understand the pathophysiology of initial heart damage in ...

We examined the association between three indices of arterial wall stiffness (office pulse pressure, pulse wave velocity, pressure strain modulus) and left atrial enlargement in 54 non-dipper and 36 ...

More than half of the patients who have suffered a stroke with no well-defined aetiology have an enlarged left atrial appendage of the heart, according to a Finnish study. The results indicate that ...