Left atrial enlargement is often present in people with high blood pressure. A review of 15 studies over the last 12 years found that left atrial enlargement is present in 16 to 83 percent of ...

Large people prone to enlarged hearts: Obesity leading risk factor of left atrial enlargement during aging. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 11 ...

The cause of stroke is frequently uncertain. Traditional risk factors do not fully explain the cause of stroke in many people. Several studies report a novel association between left atrial ...

The study suggests that routine ablation targeting diseased myocardium in addition to standard PVI ablation should only be performed in cases of advanced left atrial enlargement. "In our ...

It will be important to tease out what makes certain people more susceptible to left atrial enlargement and subsequent A-fib so advice about drinking alcohol can be tailored to specific patients, ...

Left atrial enlargement refers to dilation of the left atrium which occurs from multiple disease states that can chronically increase the left atrial pressure. These include congestive heart ...

Patients who have had an embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) and have moderate-to-severe left atrial enlargement may benefit from empiric ... just captures so many of the risks that happen to ...

Subclinical left atrial enlargement (LAE) is highly prevalent in patients with stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) and it is strongly associated with plasma sodium concentration, according to a ...

November 9, 2009 (Augsburg, Germany) — Both obesity and hypertension were independently significant risk factors for left atrial (LA) enlargement--a risk factor for atrial fibrillation--in >1000 ...

We examined the association between three indices of arterial wall stiffness (office pulse pressure, pulse wave velocity, pressure strain modulus) and left atrial enlargement in 54 non-dipper and ...

Left atrial enlargement (LAE) is when the left side of the heart enlarges or swells, leading to breathlessness, fatigue, and other symptoms. It often affects people with high blood pressure and ...