Does Left Atrioventricular Coupling Index (LACI) predict incident heart failure in a multi-ethnic population?
Left atrioventricular coupling index (LACI) and its change over time provide incremental prognostic value for predicting incident heart failure beyond traditional risk factors.
In a multi-ethnic population, atrioventricular coupling (LACI), and coupling change (ΔLACI) are independently associated with incident HF. Both have incremental prognostic value for predicting HF events over traditional HF risk factors.
Pezel et al. (Wed,) studied this question.