Sofija Goda Cieškaitė, Ugnė Česnulevičiūtė, Jolanta Justina Vaškelytė Abstract The article investigates the role of left atrial strain (LAS) and left atrial volume (LAV) in atrial functional mitral regurgitation (AFMR) among the patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim is to evaluate LAS, LAV in AFMR patients and compare it with a control group, explore…
Agnė Česnauskaitė, Andrius Montrimas, Diana Rinkūnienė, Aras Puodžiukynas Abstract Background: Limited data exists addressing the daily use of anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) patients before and after electrical cardioversion (ECV) or catheter ablation procedures. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the appropriateness of anticoagulant therapy. Methods: We evaluated the…
Irena Šidiškienė, Žilvinas Barauskas, Lina Minkevičiūtė Abstract Renal artery thromboembolism (RATE) is a rare and serious condition, that is often hard to diagnose. It is very important for any physician to have in mind this pathology with unexplained flank pain, specially in patients with risk factors for this condition. Renal artery thromboembolism can cause partial…
Gediminas Urbonas, Viltė Medzevičiūtė, Saulius Andruškevičius Abstract The aim: to determine the dependency of warfarin therapy efficiency among patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) on the distance to medical institution, also to compare warfarin therapy efficiency and the distance to medical institution in different gender or age groups and evaluate relations between warfarin therapy efficiency…
Pranas Šerpytis, Rasa Palšauskaitė, Giedrius Navickas, Tomas Tamošiūnas, Rokas Šerpytis, Viktoras Skromovas, Dimitrijus Kačiūrinas, Eglė Butkutė Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia. One of the AF medical treatment option is electrical cardiovertion. This procedure may cause ischaemic thromboembolic complications, therefore patients have to use anticoagulants. The main aim of our study was…
Henrikas Kazlauskas, Rima Radžiuvienė, Vinsas Janušonis Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important stroke risk factor increasing the risk five-fold. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of AF on patients with acute stroke. Data of 96 patients with acute stroke who were treated in the Stroke unit of Klaipėda university hospital,…
