Echocardiography in atrial fibrillation

被引:9
作者
Corrado, Giovanni
Klein, Allan L.
Santarone, Mauro
机构
[1] Osped Gen Valduce, Unita Operat Cardiol, I-22100 Como, Italy
[2] Cleveland Clin Fdn, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Cleveland, OH 44195 USA
关键词
atrial fibrillation; echocardiography;
D O I
10.2459/01.JCM.0000234768.50583.b8
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly encountered sustained arrhythmia. Echocardiography has augmented the knowledge about etiology and complications of atrial fibrillation. Transthoracic echocardiography allows rapid, safe and comprehensive assessment of cardiac structure and function, and is recommended for all subjects with atrial fibrillation. The use of transesophageal echocardiography has contributed to a better understanding of the thromboembolic risk in patients with atrial fibrillation, especially in the setting of electrical cardioversion. Several investigators have demonstrated the feasibility and safety profile of early cardioversion with short-term anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation and a transesophageal echocardiography negative for atrial thrombi. More recently, transesophageal and intracardiac echocardiography have been employed in patients with atrial fibrillation to monitor percutaneous procedures such as pulmonary veins radiofrequency ablation or left atrial appendage obliteration. In this review the available echocardiographic imaging modalities and their specific role in the evaluation and management in atrial fibrillation are described.
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页码:498 / 504
页数:7
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