Electrocardiographic diagnosis of atrial cardiomyopathy to predict atrial contractile dysfunction, thrombogenesis and adverse cardiovascular outcomes

Abstract Thromboembolism and stroke are dreaded complications in atrial fibrillation (AF). Established risk stratification models identify susceptible patients, but their discriminative properties are poor. Atrial cardiomyopathy (ACM) is associated to thromboembolism and stroke in smaller studies, b...

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Main Authors: Björn Müller-Edenborn, Jan Minners, Cornelius Keyl, Martin Eichenlaub, Nikolaus Jander, Sherif Abdelrazek, Christoph Ahlgrim, Jürgen Allgeier, Heiko Lehrmann, Franz-Josef Neumann, Thomas Arentz, Amir Jadidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04535-7