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• TITLE: The Clinical Association of Left Atrial Function with Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

  AUTHORS: Vignendra Ariyarajah, Hiten Patel, Atif Shaikh, Khurram Liaqat, Sirin Apiyasawat

  KEYWORDS: Left Atrial Function, Left Atrial Kinetic Energy, Left Ventricular Function, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, Echocardiography

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol.13 No.3, March 29, 2023

  ABSTRACT: The left atrium (LA) has been recognized as a morphophysiological barometer of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. Because in the myocardial ischemia cascade where LV diastolic dysfunction often precedes LV systolic dysfunction, the LA which fashions as an early marker of diastolic anomaly, could equally reflect a declining LV function and/or be a good predictor of potential sequelae. We assessed this association of LA function with reduced LV systolic function among hospitalized patients. Among patients with reduced LV ejection fraction, LA passive ejection fraction was lower (0.172 ± 0.12 vs. 0.232 ± 0.14, p = 0.013) whereas LA kinetic energy was higher (6.48 ± 6.3 vs. 4.57 ± 3.5, p = 0.005). Echocardiographic assessment of LA function, therefore, appears correlated with LVEF and could be important when risk stratifying hospitalized patients.