Bayes Syndrome and Imaging Techniques.

Bayes Syndrome and Imaging Techniques. Curr Cardiol Rev. 2017 Jul 13;: Authors: Betancor IH, Izquierdo-Gomez MM, Niebla JG, Laynez-Cerdeña I, Garcia-Gonzalez MJ, Barragan-Acea A, Iribarren-Sarriá JL, Jimenez-Rivera JJ, Lacalzada-Almeida J Abstract Interatrial block (IAB) is due to disruption in the Bachmann region (BR). According to whether interatrial electrical conduction is delayed or completely blocked through the BR, it can be classified as IAB of first, second or third degree. On the surface electrocardiogram, a P wave ≥ 120 ms (partial IAB) is observed or associated to the prolongation of the P wave with a biphasic (positive / negative) morphology in the inferior leads (advanced IAB). Bayes syndrome is defined as an advanced IAB associated with atrial arrhythmia, more specifically atrial fibrillation. The purpose of this review is to describe the latest evidence about an entity considered an anatomical and electrical substrate with its own name, which may be a predictor of supraventricular arrhythmia and cardioembolic cerebrovascular accidents, as well as the role of new imaging techniques, such as echocardiographic strain and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, in characterizing atrial alterations associated with this syndrome and generally in the study of anatomy and atrial function. PMID: 28707575 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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