Xinjing Liu, Yuying Wang, Lan Ding, Ruiyao Hu, Yige Zhang, Wan Zhang, Lulu Pei, Yuan Cao, Hui Fang, Kai Liu, Shilei Sun, Jun Wu, Ferdinando S Buonanno, Mingming Ning, Yuming Xu, Bo Song
AIM: Atrial cardiomyopathy (ACM) is characterized by atrial dysfunction. This study aims to assess the prognostic significance of ACM in patients with noncardioembolic stroke (NCS). METHODS: Patients with NCS within seven days of onset were prospectively enrolled between January 2019 and December 2020. ACM was defined as either an N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro BNP) >250 pg/ml or a P-terminal force in precordial lead V1 (PTFV1) ≥ 5000µV·ms...
April 19, 2024: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis