Short-term decrease of left atrial size predicts clinical outcome in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing TAVR.
Roberta De RosaMarie-Isabel K MurrayDietmar SchranzSilvia Mas-PeiroAnoosh EsmaeiliAndreas M ZeiherStephan FichtlschererMariuca Vasa-NicoteraPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
The lack of decrease in LA size shortly after TAVR is associated with significantly higher rates of death and HF-hospitalization, as well as with impaired improvement in clinical status during long-term follow-up.