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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2006; 47:1024-1028, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.069 (Published online 8 February 2006).
© 2006 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Predictive Value of Normal Left Atrial Volume in Stress Echocardiography

Ahmed A. Alsaileek, MD, Martin Osranek, MD, Kaniz Fatema, PhD, Robert B. McCully, MD, Teresa S. Tsang, MD and James B. Seward, MD*

Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Osranek was supported by post-doctoral fellowships from the Austrian Science Fund (Schrödinger Stipend) and the American Heart Association


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  		Figure 1 The percentage of patients with a normal and abnormal stress echocardiogram with normal or abnormal (ischemic, fixed, or mixed) wall motion for each category of left atrial volume index (LAVI). None of the patients with LAVI ≤28 ml/m2 had a positive stress echocardiogram (i.e., new wall motion abnormality), but three had a fixed wall motion abnormality localized to the inferior wall.

 

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  		Figure 2 Mean ± SD left atrial volume index (LAVI) according to different wall motion abnormality (WMA) results. Left atrial volume index is significantly different between normal and any WMA (new, fixed, or mixed). An atrial volume >28 ml/m2 is associated with escalating cardiovascular risk, including risk of ischemic heart disease.

 
 
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