Population
28 patients with ischemic heart disease
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Left atrial preload may enhance stroke volume in LV impairment; hypothesis-generating from cross-sectional data and requires prospective validation.
The study demonstrates that the Frank-Starling mechanism is operative in the left atrium, with augmented atrial contraction compensating for impaired left ventricular function.
Yamaguchi et al. (1987) studied this question.
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