Left atrial cross-sectional area is a novel measure of atrial shape associated with cardioembolic strokes.

Timothy C TanMaria do Carmo Pereira NunesMark HandschumacherOctavio Pontes-NetoYong-Hyun ParkCashel O'BrienVictoria PiroGyeong-Moon KimJohanna HeleniusXin ZengJose Luiz Padilha da SilvaKaren FurieHakan AyJudy Hung

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2020)

LA-CSA is a marker of adverse LA shape associated with CE stroke, reflecting importance of differential LA remodelling, not simply LA size, in the mechanism of CE risk.

Keyphrases

left atrial
atrial fibrillation
cross sectional
mitral valve
catheter ablation
left ventricular
heart failure
emergency department
energy transfer
subarachnoid hemorrhage