Understanding atrial failure: from diagnosis to clinical implications - PubMed
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- #Cardiomyopathy
- #Atrial Failure
- #Cardiology
- Atrial failure is an emerging clinical syndrome resulting from atrial cardiomyopathy, characterized by impaired atrial function leading to symptoms and adverse outcomes.
- It can be classified as primary (intrinsic atrial pathology) or secondary (due to ventricular, valvular, or systemic disease).
- Atrial failure may drive heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, promote atrial arrhythmias, and increase thromboembolic risk independently of atrial fibrillation.
- Multimodality imaging is crucial for diagnosing and phenotyping atrial cardiomyopathy and clinical atrial failure.
- Emerging therapeutic strategies aim to reverse atrial adverse remodelling, with potential integration into clinical practice.