Effect of Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy on Left Atrial Appendage Function: An Immediate and 6-Month Follow-Up Transesophageal Doppler Study

Effect of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty on left atrial appendage function: Transesophageal echo study

“…We observed no significant change in LAAAC% in our study similar to Karakaya et al 22 23,27 similar to our study.…”

“…In our study also LAA baseline DTI velocities were significantly low when compared with healthy controls. After PBMV both systolic and diastolic LAA DTI velocities were significantly increased ( p < 0.001) in our study similar to Vijayvergiya et al 23 …”

“…SEC was present in 7 of the 20 patients before procedure but completely disappeared (4 patients) or decreased (3 patients) after procedure. Vijayvergiya et al 23 also noticed significant improvement in SEC grading after PBMV. i n d i a n h e a r t j o u r n a l 6 4 ( 2 0 1 2 ) 4 6 2 e4 6 8 4.1.…”

Spontaneous left atrial echo contrast, mitral annular systolic velocity, and left atrial appendage late emptying velocity in predicting improvement of left atrial function after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty

“…found that SEC completely disappeared in 7 of 20 patients with MS in SR post‐PBMV. Vijayvergiya et al . also observed significant improvement in the grading of SEC post‐PBMV.…”

Echocardiography for left atrial appendage structure and function

“…However, this period was too short to determine the effect of improvement in LAA function on the stroke risk. 24 LAA dysfunction is common in dilated cardiomyopathy also and may be a substrate for thrombus formation. 45 About 15% of patients with severe dilated cardiomyopathy in sinus rhythm have atrial thrombi, majority of which form within the LAA.…”