Atrial Dilation Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Atrial Standstill

Acronym ATRST2 Synonyms Atrial dilated cardiomyopathy with atrial standstill Atrial dilation and standstill Keywords Any medical or genetic information present in this entry [uniprot.org]

In the primary persistent form, the atrial paralysis is paralleled by atrial dilation, mitral valve incompetence, and thrombotic complications, with high risk of thromboembolic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

dilatation Emery-Dreyfuss muscular dystrophy Kugelberg-Welander syndrome (spinal muscular atrophy Type III) Myocarditis Atrial standstill Atrial standstill may be partial [metealpaslan.com]

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Right Atrial Hypertrophy

Ventricular and Atrial Dilation Chronic ventricular dilation occurs in response to: chronic volume overload stimulated by elevated ventricular end-diastolic pressures (e.g [cvphysiology.com]

Right and Left Atrial Abnormalities (NB: “Atrial abnormality” is a term being used increasingly in place of “ atrial enlargement ”, “ atrial dilatation ” or “ atrial hypertrophy [medicine-on-line.com]

This is also called atrial dilation. If the atrial enlargement remains undiagnosed, other parts of the heart can suffer damage. [wisegeek.com]

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Right Ventricular Dilatation

Predictive Value Of Left Atrial Volume Index And Right Ventricular Dilatation In Mitral Stenosis For Atrial Fibrillation. [scopemed.org]

Ventricular and Atrial Dilation Chronic ventricular dilation occurs in response to: chronic volume overload stimulated by elevated ventricular end-diastolic pressures (e.g [cvphysiology.com]

Thus in the absence of atrial septal defect this anomaly should be considered in case of right heart dilatation in asymptomatic children. [omicsonline.org]

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Familial Isolated Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

dilation with impaired atrial contraction. [en.wikipedia.org]

dilatation (left atrial [LA] size, 64 mm), dilatation of pulmonary veins (PV), normal-sized ventricles and normal wall thickness. [jci.org]

Atrial dilatation develops as a consequence of increased ventricular filling pressures and restrictive physiology. [17] Involvement of the valves may create regurgitant lesions [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Cardiac Dilatation

Left and right atrial enlargement (hypertrophy/dilatation) [ecgwaves.com]

Ventricular and Atrial Dilation Chronic ventricular dilation occurs in response to: chronic volume overload stimulated by elevated ventricular end-diastolic pressures (e.g [cvphysiology.com]

Both atria were dilated with a left atrial diameter of 45 mm. A moderate tricuspid regurgitation was observed and the pulmonary pressure was slightly increased. [escardio.org]

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Uhl Anomaly

Ebstein's anomaly which is often associated with hypoplasia of the myocardium and right atrial dilatation. [fetalultrasound.com]

Electrocardiography showed right atrial dilation and low voltage in all leads. Cardiomegaly was apparent on chest x ray. [heart.bmj.com]

Tricuspid valve is dysplastic or dilated resulting in marked tricuspid regurgitation (and subsequent right atrial enlargement). [fetalultrasound.com]

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Lutembacher Syndrome

Prolonged shunting and severe mitral stenosis (or even insufficiency) can lead to atrial dilation and rhythm abnormalities, such as atrial fibrillation. [symptoma.com]

Or another mechanism is that mitral stenosis causes left atrial dilatation and dilatation of left atria may widen a small congenital atrial defect and make it significant. [medicotips.com]

Echocardiography allows identification of right atrial dilation, presence, size and type of ASD. [cdt.amegroups.com]

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Left Atrial Ball Valve Thrombus

We experienced a case of free-floating left atrial ball thrombus that developed in a short period in a patient with atrial fibrillation and dilated left atrium but intact [docslide.com.br]

Transthoracic color-flow Doppler echocardiography revealed an echogenic large(giant) left atrial mass diagnosed as a fresh left atrial mural thrombus in the dilated left atrium [ispub.com]

Figure 2: Midesophageal four chamber view shows a severely stenotic mitral valve with thickened and calcified leaflets and associated severe left atrial dilatation with spontaneous [annals.in]

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Musculoskeletal Lower Back Pain

Mechanism Arises due to a combination of factors that are present in hospitalised patients with acute-on-chronic respiratory failure: Right atrial dilatation (from cor pulmonale [litfl.com]

[…] hypercarbia Beta-agonists Theophylline Electrolyte abnormalities: Hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia (e.g. secondary to diuretics / beta-agonists) The net result is increased atrial [litfl.com]

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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

It is often associated with raised left atrial pressure, atrial dilatation and sometimes arrhythmias. [patient.info]

Atrial dilatation develops as a consequence of increased ventricular filling pressures and restrictive physiology. [17] Involvement of the valves may create regurgitant lesions [emedicine.com]

Pathologically, these patients have strikingly dilated atria, which may account for the increased cardiothoracic ratio on chest radiography. [emedicine.com]

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Acute Atrial Infarction

Two studies suggested that PR‐segment deviation was caused by other cardiac diseases, including atrial dilatation, atrial hypertrophy, intra‐atrial block, and pericarditis [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

The usual cardiac pathological causes of secondary Ta segment depression (which may exceed 1 mm [0.1 mV]), include atrial dilation, hypertrophy and intra-atrial block, while [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

On the other hand, apart from atrial ischemia, atrial dilatation and hypertrophy can also cause alterations in PWD and PWA, and therefore these changes should be evaluated [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

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Acute Alcohol Intoxication

[…] cardiomyopathy with heart failure and atrial fibrillation which may revert to sinus rhythm. [ 10 ] Again, abstinence from alcohol is paramount. [patient.info]

[…] use is associated with hypertension and subsequent target organ damage such as strokes, myocardial events and chronic kidney disease. [ 9 ] It is also associated with a dilated [patient.info]

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Left Ventricular Dilatation

Ventricular and Atrial Dilation Chronic ventricular dilation occurs in response to: chronic volume overload stimulated by elevated ventricular end-diastolic pressures (e.g [cvphysiology.com]

Follow-up labs revealed a N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide level of 500 pg/mL, and a repeat 2-dimensional echo revealed mild right atrial dilatation, trace pericardial [thecardiologyadvisor.com]

Left and right atrial enlargement (hypertrophy/dilatation) [ecgwaves.com]

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Atrial Flutter

Atrial dilation is a cause of Atrial Flutter so it is usually seen in patients with congestive heart failure. [mstcparamedic.pbworks.com]

Structural abnormalities are also a strong risk factor, with left atrial dilatation possibly one of the strongest predicting factors for the likely development of atrial flutter [patient.info]

Atrial Flutter Can Also Involve The Left Atrium (9) Most patients have a structural heart disease with marked left atrial dilatation. [fac.org.ar]

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Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome

The heart was enlarged with mitral value dysplasia and stenosis, left atrial dilatation, left ventricular hypertrophy, and endocardial fibroelastosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The heart was enlarged with mitral valve dysplasia and stenosis, left atrial dilatation, left ventricular hypertrophy, and endocardial fibroelastosis. [tandfonline.com]

[…] anomalies of the central nervous system anomalies of the cardio-respiratory system pulmonary hypoplasia enlarged heart mitral valve dysplasia mitral valve stenosis left atrial [humpath.com]

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Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Endocardial fibrosis is the hallmark of this restrictive cardiomyopathy leading to restriction to diastolic filling of the ventricles with severe atrial dilatation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

dilation, and regurgitant antrioventricular valves. [secure.ssa.gov]

Echocardiography showed severe left atrial dilation, normal systolic function, and severe dilation of the right chambers. [revespcardiol.org]

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Dilated Cardiomyopathy 1R

Gene Condition ABCC9 Atrial fibrillation, familial, 12; Dilated cardiomyopathy 1O ACTC1 Atrial septal defect 5; Cardiomyopathy, dilated, 1R; Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic, [asperbio.com]

[…] or tricuspid regurgitation and atrial dilation. [merckmanuals.com]

5 Dilated cardiomyopathy 1R Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 11 not provided Variation info Gene ACTC1 LOC101928174 RP11-814P5.1 CLNDBN Atrial septal defect 5 Dilated [snpedia.com]

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Essential Hypertension

Cardiac involvement in hypertension manifests as LVH, left atrial enlargement, aortic root dilatation, atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, systolic and diastolic heart failure [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Hypertension

Acute OSA has been shown to result in increased venous return, blood pressure elevation, increased ganglionated plexi activity, acute LA dilation, reduced atrial effective [doi.org]

The following are treatments available for pulmonary hypertension: Blood vessel dilators (vasodilators) Endothelin receptor antagonists Sildenafil and tadalafil High-dose [onhealth.com]

In contrast, substantial changes have been shown in a rat model of chronic endurance training with atrial dilation, fibrosis, and autonomic changes contributing to increased [doi.org]

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Mitral Valve Insufficiency

A less common mechanism is annular dilatation due to chronic atrial fibrillation with left atrial enlargement. [merckmanuals.com]

With time, patients may feel chest palpitations if atrial fibrillation develops as a result of chronic atrial dilatation. [emedicine.medscape.com]

dilatation (volume index 60 ml/m2 BSA) (IIb). [escardio.org]

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Heelspur

The left atrial nodule measured 0.2 cm and the right atrial nodule measured 0.5 cm. [heart.bmj.com]

Necropsy revealed congestion of the lungs with prominent lymphatic dilatation and cardiomegaly. [heart.bmj.com]

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Constrictive Pericarditis

dilation, flattened diastolic left ventricular posterior wall motion and abnormal septal motion was found in most patients. [onlinejacc.org]

dilatation (30% of cases have atrial fibrillation). [news4medico.com]

There is mild right atrial dilatation but no significant deformity of the heart. These images, as well as the real-time provocative 4-chamber (Fig. [vcuthoracicimaging.com]

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Ostium Primum Atrial Septal Defect

If the defect is very large, severe atrial dilatation results in atrial flutter of fibrillation in adults. [metealpaslan.com]

Showing of 10 Percent of people who have these symptoms is not available through HPO Aortic valve stenosis Narrowing of aortic valve 0001650 Atrial septal dilatation 0011995 [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Symptoms may not appear during infancy, but as the child grows older and consist of exertional dyspnea, palpitations due to atrial fibrillation or flutter, as the atria dilate [symptoma.com]

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Dilated Cardiomyopathy

[…] or tricuspid regurgitation and atrial dilation. [merckmanuals.com]

METHODS & RESULTS: A family with a uniform MEPPC-like phenotype, associated with complex atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and dilated cardiomyopathy caused by a high frequency [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Mural thrombi may form due to stasis of blood once chamber dilation and dysfunction are significant. [msdmanuals.com]

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Ebstein Malformation

atrialized portion of right ventricle (ARV), small functional portion of right ventricle (RV), leftward bowing of ventricular septum, and marked dilatation of right atrium [pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu]

Echocardiography is used to assess right atrial dilatation, anatomical displacement and distortion of the tricuspid-valve leaflets, and the severity of tricuspid regurgitation [ispub.com]

The outlet portion was dilated in 20 and stenotic in 5. In 25 atrial septal defects were found. [cardiovascularultrasound.biomedcentral.com]

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Cor Pulmonale

In ECG, P pulmonale was observed in 58 (99.66%) of cases. 48 (80%) were having right ventricular dilatation and right atrial dilation was observed in 30 (50%) of patients. [scopemed.org]

1) Chest x-ray: may show evidence of right ventricular hypertrophy or atrial dilatation in the chronic setting. Prominent pulmonary arteries may be seen. [healthengine.com.au]

1) Chest x-ray : may show evidence of right ventricular hypertrophy or atrial dilatation in the chronic setting. Prominent pulmonary arteries may be seen. [myvmc.com]

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Coronary Artery Embolism

[…] contractility), atrial dilation and remodeling; these changes are significantly greater in patients with mitral valve disease or structural heart disease. [scielo.org.mx]

Coronary artery embolism events can easily occur in patients after cardiac valve replacement, chronic atrial fibrillation, dilated cardiomyopathy, infective endocarditis, [jtd.amegroups.com]

Both cardiac and systemic diseases were identified as the underlying causes of coronary embolism; the most common were atrial fibrillation (28.3%), malignancy (15.1%), dilated [tctmd.com]

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Atrial Fibrillation

Abnormal changes in vessel walls-essentially, anatomical and structural defects-include progressive atrial dilatation, endocardial denudation, and oedematous or fibroelastic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A subsequent echocardiogram shows normal left ventricular size and preserved systolic function, with mild inferior wall hypokinesis, mild left atrial dilatation and normal [doi.org]

[…] fibrillation Atrial fibrillation associated with medical conditions Atrial dilatation Obesity Sleep apnoea Neurogenic Subarachnoid haemorrhage Major ischaemic stroke Familial [mja.com.au]

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Congenital Mitral Stenosis

Right anterior oblique view confirms extensive left atrial dilation. Mitral valve stenosis. [bcm.edu]

Atrial Fibrillation Chronically increased LAP will eventually result in left atrial dilation which can derange the electrophysiology of the left atrium and cause atrial fibrillation [pathwaymedicine.org]

Methysergide: subendocardial fibrosis Carcinoid heart disease: fibrous deposition in endocardium Sle with apl antibodies: thrombotic state left atrial dilatation :increases [slideshare.net]

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Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia

Mechanism Arises due to a combination of factors that are present in hospitalised patients with acute-on-chronic respiratory failure: Right atrial dilatation (from cor pulmonale [litfl.com]

dilatation or atrial scaring. [thecardiologyadvisor.com]

[…] hypercarbia Beta-agonists Theophylline Electrolyte abnormalities: Hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia (e.g. secondary to diuretics / beta-agonists) The net result is increased atrial [litfl.com]

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