Prominent v wave as a result of left atrial stiffening

J Echocardiogr. 2018 Mar;16(1):47-48. doi: 10.1007/s12574-017-0348-2. Epub 2017 Aug 8.

Authors

Katsuji Inoue¹, Chiharuko Iio², Hiroshi Kawakami², Takayuki Nagai², Takafumi Okura², Jitsuo Higaki², Shuntaro Ikeda²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan. [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.

PMID: 28791620
DOI: 10.1007/s12574-017-0348-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Echocardiography / methods
Elasticity / physiology*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Atria / pathology
Heart Atria / physiopathology*
Heart Failure / etiology
Humans
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure*
Recurrence