Left atrial stiffness predicts cardiac events in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: The impact of diabetes.

Ibadete BytyciAndreina D'AgostinoGani BajraktariPer LindqvistFrank L DiniMichael Y Henein

Published in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2021)

High LA stiffness is associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with HFrEF. Diabetes has an additional incremental value in determining clinical outcome in those patients.

Keyphrases

left atrial
type diabetes
end stage renal disease
cardiovascular disease
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation
ejection fraction
glycemic control
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
mitral valve
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
heart failure
skeletal muscle
patient reported