id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-266255-898h9rl1 nan Full Issue PDF 2020-08-31 .txt text/plain 17676 980 45 Thus, in addition to a more severe LHD at baseline, patients whose TR progress represents a subset characterized by an accelerated course of LHD, including a more rapid increase in LA size, pulmonary pressures, and higher rates of new atrial fibrillation, reduction in LVEF, worsening valvular disease, and need for pacemaker or device therapy. Increased LA LGE has been found to be associated with future diagnosis of atrial arrhythmias in patients with preexisting cardiac disease (9) but no study has investigated the prognostic value of LA LGE in a population-based cohort or by use of continuous monitoring. Positron Emission Tomography) study revealed that total sympathetic denervation size independently predicts appropriate ICD therapy for fast VA (7 ACE ¼ angiotensin converting enzyme; ARB ¼ angiotensin-II-receptor blocker; CFR ¼ coronary flow reserve; CI ¼ confidence interval; HED ¼ hydroxyephedrine; HR ¼ hazard ratio; LVEDVi ¼ leftventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVEF ¼ left-ventricular ejection fraction; MBF ¼ myocardial blood flow; NT-proBNP ¼ N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide; NYHA ¼ New York Heart Association; RI ¼ retention index. ./cache/cord-266255-898h9rl1.txt ./txt/cord-266255-898h9rl1.txt