Left ventricular fibrosis as a main determinant of filling pressures and left atrial function in advanced heart failure.

Giulia Elena MandoliMatteo CameliMaria Concetta PastoreFerdinando LoiaconoFrancesca Maria RighiniFlavio D'AscenziMarta FocardiLuna CavigliMatteo LisiGianluigi BisleriAleksander DokollariSonia BernazzaliMassimo MaccheriniSerafina ValenteMichael Y Henein

Published in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2024)

In patients with AdHF, reduced global PALS strongly correlated with the invasively assessed LV filling pressure and degree of LV fibrosis. Such relationship could be used as non-invasive indicator for optimum patient stratification for therapeutic strategies.

Keyphrases

left atrial
left ventricular
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
mitral valve
cardiac resynchronization therapy
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
acute myocardial infarction
aortic stenosis
catheter ablation
case report
liver fibrosis
coronary artery disease