Theo Pezel, Bharath Ambale Venkatesh, Henrique Doria De Vasconcellos, Yoko Kato, Wendy S Post, Colin O Wu, Susan R Heckbert, David A Bluemke, Alain Cohen-Solal, Damien Logeart, Patrick Henry, João A C Lima
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have described a novel left atrioventricular coupling index (LACI), which had a better prognostic value in predicting cardiovascular events than individual left atrial (LA) or left ventricular (LV) variables. AIMS: To identify determinants of LACI and its 10-year annual change (ΔLACI), measured by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), and to better understand the variables governing this left atrioventricular coupling. METHODS: In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2112 study participants, free from cardiovascular disease at baseline, had LACI assessed by CMR imaging at baseline (LACIBaseline ; 2000-2002) and 10 years later (2010-2012)...
July 16, 2022: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases