Left atrial late gadolinium enhancement in patients with ischaemic stroke.
Bjørn Strøier LarsenLitten BertelsenHanne ChristensenRakin HadadMark AplinNis HøstLouisa Marguerite ChristensenInger HavsteenEva Irene Bossano PrescottMaria Helena Dominquez Vall-LamoraGorm Boje JensenNiels G VejlstrupAhmad SajadiehPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2023)
LA fibrosis was more extensive in patients with stroke than in age- and sex-matched controls. A similar extent of LA fibrosis was observed in patients with stroke of undetermined aetiology and stroke classified as attributable to large- or small-vessel disease. Our findings suggest that LA structural abnormality is more frequent in patients with stroke than in controls independent of aetiological classification.