Stiff Left Atrial Syndrome After Multiple Percutaneous Catheter Ablations: Role for Invasive Hemodynamic Exercise Testing.
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DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.117.003885
Abstract: Refractory atrial arrhythmias often require repeat catheter ablations causing decreased atrial compliance. Overtime, dyspnea may develop from secondary elevated pulmonary pressures because of a noncompliant left atrium (LA), referred to as the stiff LA syndrome.… read more here.
Keywords: invasive hemodynamic; catheter ablations; left atrial; exercise testing ... See more keywords