Prognostic implications of left atrial dilation in aortic regurgitation due to bicuspid aortic valve.
Steele C ButcherFederico FortuniWilliam KongE Mara VollemaFrancesca PrevedelloRebecca PerryArnold Chin Tse NgKian Keong PohAna G AlmeidaAriana González-GómezMylène ShenTiong-Cheng YeoMiriam ShanksBogdan Alexandru PopescuLaura Galian-GayMarcin FijalkowskiMichael LiangEdgar TayNina Ajmone MarsanJoseph B SelvanayagamFausto J PintoJosé ZamoranoPhillippe PibarotArturo EvangelistaJeroen J BaxVictoria DelgadoPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2021)
In this large, multicentre registry of patients with BAV and moderate to severe AR, left atrial dilation was independently associated with reduced event-free survival. The role of this parameter for the risk stratification of individuals with significant AR merits further investigation.
Keyphrases
- left atrial
- aortic valve
- free survival
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- atrial fibrillation
- mitral valve
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- left ventricular
- catheter ablation
- clinical trial
- early onset
- study protocol
- high intensity
- cross sectional
- randomized controlled trial
- heart failure
- double blind
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary hypertension