Left atrial enlargement (LAE) is a common feature of hypertensive heart disease 1, 2 and is present in ~30% of the population with arterial hypertension. 3, 4 Most previous studies concerning the ...
For individuals without a prior history of atrial fibrillation or stroke, left atrial (LA) dysfunction is more tightly linked to risk of having an ischemic stroke than LA size, according to an ...