Predictors of left atrial fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation referred for catheter ablation.
Valentina Alice RossiIva Krizanovic-GrgicJan SteffelDaniel HoferThomas WolberCorinna B BrunckhorstFrank RuschitzkaFirat DuruAlexander BreitensteinArdan M SagunerPublished in: Cardiology journal (2022)
In this single-center longitudinal study, surrogate parameters of elevated left-sided cardiac filling pressures such as higher NT-proBNP levels and higher echocardiographic E/e' values as well as female gender independently predicted the prevalence of LA fibrosis in patients referred for catheter ablation of AF.