Left Atrial Volume after Heart Transplantation - A Predictor of Outcomes?

The left atrium (LA) in heart transplant (HT) recipients is a surgically created chamber from variable portions of donor and recipient. In the non-HT patients there is strong evidence that left atrial volume (LAV) is a robust predictor of cardiovascular outcomes such as atrial fibrillation, stroke, heart failure and cardiovascular death. Thus, we thought to 1) characterize LA size in HT recipients and 2) investigate the implications of “new” LA volume on HT outcomes.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: (614) Source Type: research