Daniel J Hammersley, Srinjay Mukhopadhyay, Xiuyu Chen, Leanne Cheng, Richard E Jones, Lukas Mach, Lara Curran, Momina Yazdani, Alma Iacob, Amrit S Lota, Zohya Khalique, Antonio De Marvao, Resham Baruah, Kaushik Guha, James S Ware, John Gregson, Shihua Zhao, Dudley J Pennell, Upasana Tayal, Sanjay K Prasad, Brian P Halliday
AIMS: To compare the association between measures of left atrial (LA) structure and function, derived from cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), with cardiovascular (CV) death or non-fatal heart failure (HF) events in patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). METHODS AND RESULTS: CMR studies of 580 prospectively recruited patients with DCM in sinus rhythm (median age 54 [interquartile range 44-64] years, 61% men, median LVEF 42% [30-51%]) were analysed for measures of LA structure (left atrial maximum volume index [LAVImax], left atrial minimum volume index [LAVImin]) and function (left atrial emptying fraction [LAEF], left atrial reservoir strain [LARS], left atrial conduit strain [LACS] and left atrial booster strain [LABS])...
March 16, 2024: European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging