Association of Left Atrial Function Index with Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiovascular Disease: The Framingham Offspring Study

Association of Left Atrial Function Index with Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiovascular Disease: The Framingham Offspring Study

BackgroundLeft atrial (LA) size, a marker of atrial structural remodeling, is associated with increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). LA function may also relate to AF and CVD, irrespective of LA structure. We tested the hypothesis that LA function index (LAFI),...

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Main Authors: Mayank Sardana, Darleen Lessard, Connie W. Tsao, Nisha I. Parikh, Bruce A. Barton, Gregory Nah, Randell C. Thomas, Susan Cheng, Nelson B. Schiller, Jayashri R. Aragam, Gary F. Mitchell, Aditya Vaze, Emelia J. Benjamin, Ramachandran S. Vasan, David D. McManus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
cardiovascular disease
echocardiography
epidemiology
left atrium
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.008435

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