| Increased left atrial volume index predicts a poor prognosis in patients with heart failure. | |
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PMID: 21362529 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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BACKGROUND: Left atrial volume index (LAVI) is known to reflect the duration and severity of increased left atrial pressure caused by left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. However, the prognostic value of LAVI in patients with heart failure (HF) has not been fully investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Transthoracic echocardiography was performed in 146 consecutive patients (78 men, 68 women; mean age 72 ± 12 y) who were hospitalized for HF. There were 45 cardiac events (32%) during a median follow-up period of 448 days. There were no significant differences in LV end-diastolic dimensions or ejection fraction between patients who did or did not have cardiac events. However, LAVI was markedly higher in patients with, than those without, cardiac events (56 ± 26 vs 44 ± 22 mL/m(2); P < .01). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that there was a stepwise increase in risk of cardiac events with each increment of LAVI category, and LAVI >53.3 mL/m(2) correlated with the highest risk of cardiac events (log-rank test; P < .01). Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that high LAVI was an independent predictor for cardiac events (hazard ratio 1.427; 95% confidence interval 1.024-1.934; P < .05). CONCLUSION: LAVI may be useful for stratification of risk in patients with HF. |
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Harutoshi Tamura; Tetsu Watanabe; Satoshi Nishiyama; Shintaro Sasaki; Takanori Arimoto; Hiroki Takahashi; Tetsuro Shishido; Takehiko Miyashita; Takuya Miyamoto; Joji Nitobe; Osamu Hirono; Isao Kubota |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-12-03 |
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Title: Journal of cardiac failure Volume: 17 ISSN: 1532-8414 ISO Abbreviation: J. Card. Fail. Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-03-02 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9442138 Medline TA: J Card Fail Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 210-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan. |
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