Prognostic value of reduction in left atrial size during a follow-up of heart failure: an observational study.
Masayuki ShibaTakao KatoTakeshi MorimotoHidenori YakuYasutaka InuzukaYodo TamakiNeiko OzasaYuta SekoErika YamamotoYusuke YoshikawaTakeshi KitaiYugo YamashitaMoritake IguchiKazuya NagaoYuichi KawaseTakashi MorinagaMamoru ToyofukuYutaka FurukawaKenji AndoKazushige KadotaYukihito SatoKoichiro KuwaharaTakeshi Kimuranull nullPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
Patients with reduction in LAD during follow-up after ADHF hospitalisation had a lower risk for a composite endpoint of all-cause death or HF hospitalisation, suggesting that the change of LAD might be a simple and useful echocardiographic marker during follow-up.