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Long-term follow-up of atrial contraction after the maze procedure in patients with mitral valve disease

Satoshi Yuda, MD^*, Satoshi Nakatani, MD, FACC^*, Yoshio Kosakai, MD, Masakazu Yamagishi, MD, FACC^* and Kunio Miyatake, MD, FACC^*

^* Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. Dr. Yuda currently works at the Department of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Incidences of P waves (left) and A waves (right) in the early (open bars) and late (solid bars) stages.

View larger version (33K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Temporal changes in left atrial diameter (LAD), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVDd) and fractional shortening (%FS) before and after the maze procedure. *p < 0.01 versus before the operation. The normal ranges of each variable (mean ± SD) are shown by the hatched area, with a horizontal line indicating the mean value.

View larger version (31K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Comparisons of peak A wave velocity (Av), time-velocity integral of the A wave (Ai) and atrial filling fraction (AFF) between the early (open circles) and late (solid circles) stages. The normal ranges of each variable (mean ± SD) are shown by the hatched area, with a horizontal line indicating the mean value.