Larger right atrium than left atrium is associated with all‐cause mortality in elderly patients with heart failure

Abstract

RA larger than LA, independently of LVEF, is associated with all-cause mortality in elderly patients hospitalized due to HF.

Reduced stroke distance of the left ventricular outflow tract is independently associated with long‐term mortality, in patients hospitalized due to heart failure

“…Finally, the 350 patients with stored standard echocardiography examination were included. Previously, this population has partly been studied (Almodares et al ., ; Kontogeorgos et al ., ). The current report is different when considering both population and purpose.…”

Atrial remodelling in heart failure: recent developments and relevance for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

“…RA dysfunction and the severity of right HF can be assessed using RA longitudinal strain by speckle tracking echocardiography 73. As a biomarker, an RA larger than LA is associated with increased mortality in elderly HF patients,22 and systolic blood pressure to RA pressure ratio is a marker that identifies a spectrum of complications after hospitalization of patients with decompensated systolic HF 74…”

Prognostic value of right atrial dilation in patients with pulmonary embolism

“…Recent studies indicate that RA dilation constitutes a prognostically relevant finding in patients with various cardiopulmonary diseases [ 18 , 19 ]. For example, a RA/LA area ratio >1.0 on TTE was related to long-term all-cause mortality independently of LV ejection fraction in 289 elderly patients hospitalised for heart failure [ 20 ] and independently associated with a three-fold increased risk of long-term mortality in 193 patients with PE [ 6 ]. In a study investigating 636 PE patients, patients with a RA/LA volume ratio >1.2 on CTPA had a higher 30-day mortality rate [ 8 ].…”