Left Atrial Phasic Function by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking Is a Strong Predictor of Incident Cardiovascular Events

• Published in: Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging Vol. 11; no. 12; p. e007512
• Main Authors: Chirinos, Julio A., Sardana, Mayank, Ansari, Bilal, Satija, Vaibhav, Kuriakose, Daniel, Edelstein, Ilaina, Oldland, Garrett, Miller, Rachana, Gaddam, Swetha, Lee, Jonathan, Suri, Arpita, Akers, Scott R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Atrial Function, Left - physiology; Female; Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging; Heart Atria - physiopathology; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Stroke Volume - physiology; Survival Rate - trends; United States - epidemiology; Ventricular Function, Left - physiology; Ventricular Remodeling; United States; heart failure; magnetic resonance imaging; risk factors; adult; heart atria

The prognostic importance of left atrial (LA) dysfunction is increasingly recognized. Magnetic resonance imaging can provide excellent visualization of the LA wall. We aimed to study the association of LA dysfunction measured using feature-tracking magnetic resonance imaging with incident adverse ca...