Is airflow obstruction associated with impaired left atrial conduit strain in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease?
Airflow obstruction severity is independently associated with impaired left atrial conduit function in patients with known or suspected CAD.
LA conduit function was independently associated with FEV1/FVC in patients with known or suspected CAD after adjusting for age, sex, smoking, and the CMR indices. This finding suggests that AO severity is associated primarily with impaired LA conduit function in patients with known or suspected CAD.
Yamaguchi et al. (Thu,) studied this question.