在心声回声学中测量的正常和特别小 (<35毫米) 的左心房大小表明中度或严重的左心室缩功能障碍的可能性很低

Mohammad Reza Movahed1,2, Arman Soltani Moghadam1

  • 1University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center Tucson, AZ, USA.

概括

正常的左心房 (LA) 尺寸是保存左心室 (LV) 缩功能的强有力的指标. 这项研究发现正常LA大小的负预测值为97.5%,证实了其在心脏评估中的临床意义.

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